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2 – Variables and Lists

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The next instalment of the tutorials is finally up! The full episode can be found at: https://youtu.be/EN6sIi5TMuM and my full channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAMD13tJhTaUqln1Ipuysg.

In this episode we tackle some of the jargon in Python, provide insight into some of the basic variables and show how we can create lists and retrieve data from them. These skills are highly useful and lay an important foundation for a career in data science.

Once again, full worksheets have been produced to try out at home. These can be obtained from my GitHub repository https://github.com/harrychown/cwh.ep2

If you download the files, open Spyder and press File > Open > [File name] you will be able to access the worksheets.

It’s a bit of a longer episode but it will really help you develop your skills and get you started in programming in Python.

I look forward to seeing you next time!

Take care,

Harry

Deciding on a project

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I have currently been debating what kind of programme I want to create in Python. I have had experience with machine learning in the past but I don’t feel that it is wholly useful for the general public.

After looking at a variety of projects online I have noticed that many of them, in my opinion, throw you in at the deep end of Python.

Therefore, for the time being I am just going to focus on understanding and learning the principles of Python and forwarding that information on to you. Only once I am fully happy with the language will I set my heart on a larger project. This should create a real authentic pace to the work without asking too much at one time.

There is a lot of fun and quirky projects you can do in Python. However, I have not started this programming commitment to do “fun and quirky” things. I want to take this seriously and perform real-life tasks.

Although I have not decided on a project yet, I do know that it will revolve around actually tasks that data scientists perform. Projects like creating a calculator or a flash-card machine sound more interesting but aren’t practically useful.

More and more employers want useful programming skills and I feel that doing projects like above hugely neglect that.

Also a new episode will be released on Friday the 14th June at around 6pm (GMT). This episode will introduce and explain some more Python jargon and mainly focus around creating and using lists. It’s going to be a bit of long one but by the end of it you’d have covered quite a lot of important tools in Python.

1 – Getting Started

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Hello and welcome to the first instalment of my Python tutorial series! The full episode can be found at: https://youtu.be/CUQNnntzDL4 and my full channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAMD13tJhTaUqln1Ipuysg.

The episode just talks about the software I have downloaded (Spyder) to make Python a bit more accessible and easy to use, how to navigate around Spyder and basic mathematical operators.

As mentioned full worksheets have been produced to try out at home. These can be obtained from my GitHub repository: https://github.com/harrychown/cwh.ep1

If you download the files, open Spyder and press File > Open > [File name] you will be able to access the worksheets.

Thank you very much for your time, I look forward to seeing you shortly in my next video!

Take care,

Harry