Wrap-Up

Overview

Teaching: 20 min
Exercises: 0 min

Questions

• What else is out there and where do I find it?

Objectives

• Name and locate scientific Python community sites for software, workshops, and help.

Python supports a large community within research.

• The Python 3 documentation covers the core language and the standard library.

• PyCon is the largest annual conference for the Python community.

• SciPy is a rich collection of scientific utilities. It is also the name of a series of annual conferences.

• Jupyter is the home of the Jupyter Notebook.

• Pandas is the home of the Pandas data library which is useful when processing larger, more complex data files.

• Stack Overflow’s general Python section can be helpful, as can the sections on NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, and other topics.

Final message

Keep going: programming isn’t always easy, but it can be very rewarding.

Key Points

• Python supports a large community within research.