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<h1>Tutorials</h1>

<h3 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Intended audience </h3>

<p>College and University Teachers/Professors/Lecturers from any Engineering or Science domain, and Engineering students who would like to use Python for their basic computing and plotting needs.

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<h3 id="sec-2"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Prerequisites </h3>

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Participants should be comfortable computer users and be familiar with programming constructs such as loops, conditionals.

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Familiarity with programming editors– scite, notepad++, vi, emacs- will be a plus.

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Familiarity with using the commandline will be another plus.

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<h3 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Objectives </h3>

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At the end of the program the participants will have a good understanding of the Python language, and selected libraries.

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They will be able to write good modular procedural code and use objects.

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They will get a overview of the other major topics, features and libraries and be able to learn these on their own if required.

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They will be able to generate 2-D plots using NumPy and Matplotlib, and 3-D plots using MayaVi2.

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They will be able to incorporate and adapt Python in their lessons

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<h3 id="sec-4"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Coverage </h3>

<p>This is a rough outline of the topics to be covered in the

tutorials. The exact schedule of the tutorials will be put up in a

short while.

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<a href="http://www.sagemath.org" >Sage</a> 

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basic usage 

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symbolic computing

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numeric computing

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basic plotting

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Basic Scientific Computing with Python covering the following

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ipython

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pylab

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numpy

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scipy

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basic use of Mayavi

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Basic Python

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data-types

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conditionals & looping

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functions & modules

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Advanced topics

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Cython

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More Ipython

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More Mayavi

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More matplotlib

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More Sage?

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<p>Any participants using their own laptops should have the required

software installed on their machines, before coming to the venue of

the tutorials. The installation instructions are available <a href="http://fossee.in/installation-how-to">here</a>.

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<h3 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Methodology </h3>

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Completely hands on, exploratory mode with minimal lectures introducing essential concepts and techniques.

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Typically we will have short 15 - 20 minute lectures, followed by series of graduated problems. The participants will solve them exploring the documentation to do so and the solutions will be discussed.

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We shall be conducting quizzes during the course of the workshop to evaluate the degree to which the objectives have been accomplished.

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<p>Laptops can be brought by participants, and additional laptops/computers can be provided for use for those required. Charging points will be available.

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As far as installations go, you would require the following:

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For Debian/ Ubuntu and the like:

(a) IPython

(b) Python doc

(c) the Python Profiler

(d) Scipy/Numpy

(e) Matplotlib

(f) Mayavi2

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For Windows XP (x86), Windows Vista (x86), Mac OS X 10.4+ (x86), RedHat 3 (x86, amd64), RedHat 4 (x86, amd64), RedHat 5 (x86, amd64), and Solaris 10 (x86, amd64) :

(a) get the EPD (<a href="http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php">http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php</a>) bundle and you'll have everything you need! This is available for free for those in academia and others can utilize the free 30 day trial version for now.

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<p>In any case, we will be providing live DVDs containing all the required installations and some additional tools on site. The iso can also be downloaded from the fossee.in site (<a href="http://fossee.in/download#DVDs">http://fossee.in/download#DVDs</a>).

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