Python

• python (is a scripting language, not unlike bash, but check out xonsh on http://xon.sh/ if you like to try a real python login terminal shell). See also the file "hello.py" in your notebooks folder for the following example of turning a python script into a unix command:

   % cat hello.py
   #! /usr/bin/env python
   #
   print("Hello World")

   % chmod +x hello.py
   % ./hello.py
   Hello World

• ipython : for interactive work
• jupyter notebook : for managing and presenting your workflow

Concepts covered today

• installing python (miniconda3 with numpy and matplotlib)
• variables, printing
• lists (and other data structures: tuples, dictionaries)
• control flow
• function
• class
• module

Suggested notebooks

• python-overview (this notebook)
• python-basic
• python-more
• python-numpy
• python-image
• python-class