Introduction to Computation

Lecture Slides Lecture Slides (pdf)

Tutorial Exercise Tutorial Exercise (pdf) Tutorial Exercise (ipynb)

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In the first week we discuss core software development concepts such as computers, programming languages and algorithms.

Required Readings

• McKinney Ch 2 Python Language Basics, IPython, and Jupyter Notebooks;
• Wing, Jeannette M. 2006. Computational Thinking. Communications of the ACM 49 (3): 33–35. https://doi.org/10.1145/1118178.1118215

Additional Readings

• Wickham, Çetinkaya-Rundel & Grolemund Chs 1 Introduction, 5 Workflow: code style, 7 Workflow: scripts and projects, 9 Workflow: getting help.

Videos

And the response:

Tutorial

• Installation of Python and R;
• Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks and alternative IDEs;
• Work in command-line interfaces (CLIs);
• Git Workflow.