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−<h1>Tutorials</h1>
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−<h3 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-3"></span>Intended audience </h3>
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−<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&ndash; 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>
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−<p>This is a rough outline of the topics to be covered in the
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−tutorials. The exact schedule of the tutorials will be put up in a
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−short while.
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−<ul>
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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 &amp; looping
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−functions &amp; 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
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−software installed on their machines, before coming to the venue of
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−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:
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−(a) IPython
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−(b) Python doc
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−(c) the Python Profiler
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−(d) Scipy/Numpy
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−(e) Matplotlib
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−(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) :
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−(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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