2024-September

Emergency release to avoid network issues for the in-person course.

Wageningen-Jun-2023

Dear Participant,

You are receiving this email because you registered for the course, Gentle Hands-on Introduction to Python via Wageningen University and Research. If you cannot attend, please reply to this email as soon as possible.

Welcome to the Gentle Hands-on Introduction to Python course for June, 2023! We are looking forward to seeing you in person!

There are 4 things we request that you do in preparation for the course.

1. Confirm your participation and help us tailor the course to your needs by completing
   a short pre-course questionnaire.
   Please complete this form as soon as possible. It should not take more than a few minutes. If you cannot attend, please respond to this
   email as soon as possible so that your place can be taken by someone on the long waiting list.

2. Either: Install the software we will be using. A video tutorial is available via YouTube.

   • VSCodium
   • Python
     • Windows
     • Apple OSX
     • GNU/Linux: Install the appropriate package from your package manager

   Or: if, for whatever reason, these options do not work for you then you can use your Google account to access Google Colab. You can start here.

3. If you are using VSCodium: Download the course materials from here. Then unzip them somewhere on your computer that is not a network drive.

4. Use this link to join the class on hedycode.com and create an account. For detailed instructions see: https://github.com/vibbits/gentle-hands-on-python#hedy

Once you're set up, you can read through the "01_Introduction" notebook. If something does not work for you, please don't worry. We will sort it out at the beginning of day 1.

We look forward to programming with you soon. Until then, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

James Collier
On behalf of VIB and Elixir Belgium

2023-April

Dear Participant,

You are receiving this email because you registered for the course, Gentle Hands-on Introduction to Python. If you cannot attend, please reply to this email as soon as possible.

Welcome to the Gentle Hands-on Introduction to Python course for April, 2023! We are looking forward to seeing you online!
The same meeting link will be used for each of the 3 days beginning at 09:30 AM CEST (07:30 UTC): https://jitsi.thecolliers.xyz/April2023

You can access that link now to ensure it works for you. If not, we will have a backup stream via YouTube here:

• Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvFFGlOxL4
• Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnCbFpxKmcY
• Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvFFGlOxL4

Though not required, it is useful to be able to use your microphone and webcam to ask questions. So please test these (if you have them)
with the meeting link before the course starts.

There are 4 things we request that you do in preparation for the course.

1. Confirm your participation and help us tailor the course to your needs by completing
   a short pre-course questionnaire.
   Please complete this form as soon as possible. It should not take more than a few minutes. If you cannot attend, please respond to this
   email as soon as possible so that your place can be taken by someone on the long waiting list.

2. Either: Install the software we will be using. A video tutorial is available via YouTube.

   • VSCodium
   • Python
     • Windows
     • Apple OSX
     • GNU/Linux: Install the appropriate package from your package manager

   Or: if, for whatever reason, these options do not work for you then you can use your Google account to access Google Colab. You can start here.

3. Download the course materials from here. Then unzip them somewhere on your computer that is not a network drive.

4. Use this link to join the class on hedycode.com and create an account. For detailed instructions see: https://github.com/vibbits/gentle-hands-on-python#hedy

Once you're set up, you can read through the "01_Introduction" notebook. If something does not work for you, please don't worry. We will sort it out at the beginning of day 1.

We look forward to programming with you soon. Until then, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

James Collier
On behalf of VIB and Elixir Belgium

2023-January

Dear Participant,

You are receiving this email because you registered for the course, Gentle Hands-on Introduction to Python. If you cannot attend, please reply to this email as soon as possible.

Welcome to the Gentle Hands-on Introduction to Python course for January, 2023! We are looking forward to seeing you online!
The same meeting link will be used for each of the 3 days beginning at 09:30 AM CEST (07:30 UTC): https://meet.jit.si/moderated/51e36cb70d35fdf5408db08ebe0a8cc5b09bfebc7abdaad5cbe9939acc81f231

You can access that link now to ensure it works for you. If not, we will have a backup stream via YouTube here:

• Day 1: https://youtu.be/ThlvNK41tns
• Day 2: https://youtu.be/YxZiS9IrESk
• Day 3: https://youtu.be/KbHLqgakagY

Though not required, it is useful to be able to use your microphone and webcam to ask questions. So please test these (if you have them)
with the meeting link before the course starts.

There are 4 things we request that you do in preperation for the course.

1. Confirm your participation and help us tailor the course to your needs by completing
   a short pre-course questionnaire.
   Please complete this form as soon as possible. It should not take more than a few minutes. If you cannot attend, please respond to this
   email as soon as possible so that your place can be taken by someone on the long waiting list.

2. Either: Install software we will be using. A video tutorial is available via YouTube.

   • VSCodium
   • Python
     • Windows
     • Apple OSX
     • GNU/Linux: Install the appropriate package from your package manager

   Or: if, for whatever reason, these options do not work for you then you can use your Google account to access Google Colab. You can start here.

3. Download the course materials from here. Then unzip somewhere on your computer that is not a network drive.

4. Use this link to join the class on hedycode.com and create an account. For detailed instructions see: https://github.com/vibbits/gentle-hands-on-python#hedy

We look forward to programming with you soon. Until then, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

James Collier
On behalf of VIB and Elixir Belgium

2022-October

October 2022 edition of the Gentle Hands-On Introduction to Python programming teaching materials.
Changes:

• Removal of some exercises
• Small fixes for lesson plans
• Removal of the arithmetic assignment operators

2022-August

August-2022 edition of the Gentle Hands-On Introduction to Python course.

• Fix storage location for climate data (Gist)
• Small fixes for lesson plans
• Add some advanced exercises
• Small corrections, extensions, reorganisations for explanations.
• Simplify function composition exercise. The old exercise is now an advanced question.

2022-May

• Reworked the functions chapter to better explain difficult topics
• Use Actions to auto-refresh remote data
• Remove f-strings (and string formatting in general) as out-of-scope
• Fix/remove some broken or bad exercises
• Introduce shorthand arithmetic assignment operators in the basics chapter
• Demonstrate list copies by slicing and out of bounds error
• Remove mentions and uses of de-structuring as out-of-scope

2022-Jan

Stop using the ad-hoc test lib, just asserts

2021-Sept Day 3 materials

Student materials for day 3.

2021-Sept Day 2 materials

Student materials for day 2.