Python is a general-purpose programming language that is suitable for a wide variety of core tasks in the digital humanities. Learning Python fundamentals is a gateway to analyzing data, creating visualizations, composing interactive websites, scraping the internet, and engaging in distant reading of texts.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Understand what Python is and, in general terms, what it can do.
• Run Python programs, both by interacting directly with the interpreter and by preparing and running scripts.
• Distinguish among five core data types—integers, floats, strings, booleans, and lists.
• Become familiar with core programming concepts, including variables, loops, and conditionals.
• Engage with error output and use the internet and documentation to independently research language features.
• Learn how to find and import code from external sources to solve more complex problems.

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Interacting with Python
Types
Variables
Running scripts
Errors in Python
Lists and Loops
Conditionals
Input
Using Google
A little motivation
Objects in Python
Python resources

Session Leader: Patrick Smyth
Based on previous work by: Patrick Smyth

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