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Why Python, what to install, and how to read an error.

Level
Beginner
Lessons
2
Total time
20 min
Simulations
1
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Tools you'll use
  • Python
  • NumPy
  • pandas
Skills
  • Python syntax
  • Reading tracebacks
  • Jupyter
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What you will be able to do

  • Set up a Python environment for data work
  • Write and run your first Python scripts
  • Read a traceback down to the line that is wrong

Syllabus

2 lessons · 20 min

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  1. Python won data work not because it is the best language but because of its ecosystem. Here is the honest version.

  2. Reading a Traceback to the End

    12 min

    A Python error reads bottom-up, and the last line is almost always enough. This is the lesson that saves you the most time.

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