DKRZ Python course materials
Directories
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| notebooks | Basis content of the workshop |
| data | data files for examples and exercises |
| google-doc | living doc for your questions and basic commands |
Agenda
Day 1 , 2024-03-05
| Starttime | Endtime | Title | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:10 | Welcome | A short welcome to the participants and speakers. |
| 09:10 | 09:30 | Difference between a supercomputer and a mobile phone | - what is a node, cpu, historical development, architecture |
| 09:30 | 10:00 | What is Python – short intro | - difference between programming language and Python, assembler, compiler, interpreter |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | Jupyter Notebooks | - connecting to Levante with Jupyterhub, Jupyterlab, Installation |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | Break | |
| 11:15 | 12:30 | Introduction to Linux | - terminal, via WSL, command line and shell, editor |
| 12:30 | 13:30 | Break | |
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Syntax | - case-sensitive, print, indentation and code blocks, line continuation, comments |
| 14:00 | 14:15 | Data types | - boolean, integer, floating-point, complex, conversion between types, None |
| 14:15 | 14:30 | Strings | - formatting, string functions |
| 14:30 | 14:45 | Lists, tuples, and sets | |
| 14:45 | 15:15 | Dictionaries | - creation, access |
Day 2 , 2024-03-06
| Starttime | Endtime | Title | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:15 | Warmup about content of Day 1 | |
| 09:15 | 09:30 | Copy objects | - shallow, deep |
| 09:30 | 09:45 | Basic operators and math functions | |
| 09:45 | 10:15 | Conditions | |
| 10:15 | 10:45 | Loops | - for, while |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | List comprehensions | - nested |
| 11:30 | 11:45 | Functions | |
| 11:45 | 12:45 | File I/O | - open, close, read, write, csv reader |
| 12:45 | 13:45 | Break | |
| 13:45 | 14:30 | Exceptions, error handling | - try and except, logging, debugging |
| 14:30 | 15:30 | Python in Action (GLOBAGRIM) |
Day 3 , 2024-03-07
| Starttime | Endtime | Title | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:15 | Warmup about content of Day 2 | |
| 09:15 | 10:45 | Numpy | |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 | 12:30 | Xarray I | - DataArray, Dataset, open_dataset / open_mfdataset |
| 12:30 | 13:30 | Break | |
| 13:30 | 15:30 | Visualization I | - Matplotlib |
Day 4 , 2024-03-08
| Starttime | Endtime | Title | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:15 | Warmup about content of Day 3 | |
| 09:15 | 10:15 | Visualization II | - Cartopy |
| 10:15 | 11:15 | Xarray II | |
| 11:15 | 11:45 | Break | |
| 11:45 | 12:45 | Xarray III | |
| 12:45 | 13:00 | Feedback | |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | Questions and answers |