Fall 2019 NCAR Python Tutorial Agenda
Fall 2019 NCAR Python Tutorial Homepage
Location
The bulk of this tutorial will be held in the NCAR Mesa Laboratory's Main Seminar Room. Space for hands-on work and collaboration has been made available in the Mesa Laboratory's Damon Room and Library.
Agenda
DAY 1: Sept 18, 2019
| TIME | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 8:00 | Questions & Setup |
| 8:30 | Welcome! |
| 9:00 | Getting Started with Jupyter & Python |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Real World Example: OHC Part 1 |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Real World Example: OHC Part 2 |
| 14:00 | Real World Example: ENSO index |
| 14:30 | Real World Example: MetPy |
| 15:00 | Break |
| 15:30 | Sprint Pitches |
| 16:00 | Discussion, Questions & Planning |
| 16:30 | Happy Hour at Under the Sun |
DAY 2: Sept 19, 2019
Participants are encouraged to work on their Sprint projects all day, but are welcome to attend any of the below optional lectures. If you want to do more learning by doing yourself, you are encouraged to work on Sprint projects. If you want to see more details and go further in a more formal presentation, you are encouraged to attend lectures.
| TIME | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 8:30 | Introduction to Python (Continued) |
| 9:30 | Git & GitHub |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 | Visualization |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Object Oriented Programming |
| 14:30 | Unit Testing |
| 15:30 | Break |
| 16:00 | Python Package Structure |
DAY 3: Sept 20, 2019
Participants are encouraged to work on their Sprint projects in the morning but are welcome to attend any of the below optional lectures. If you want to do more learning by doing yourself, you are encouraged to work on Sprint projects. If you want to see more details and go further in a more formal presentation, you are encouraged to attend lectures.
| TIME | TITLE |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | MetPy |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 | More with Dask |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Conda & Conda Forge |
| 14:00 | Update on GeoCAT (new NCL) |
| 14:30 | Sprint Project Presentations (Lightning Talks) |
| 15:00 | Break |
| 15:30 | Discussion & Closing Comments |