This course teaches the fundamentals of Python 3 in the context of academic research. Our tutor team support researchers across the whole of Imperial College London, including in science, engineering, mathematics, computing, medicine, and business. We have created this course to help our learners and researchers elsewhere prepare for modern research, which often includes a substantial amount of programming. You'll gain the basic skills needed to produce substantial programming projects which are accurate, professional, scalable, and which perform effectively. This will set you up well for the type of programming you'll need to do as a researcher.
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The basics of programming in Python 3 in the context of scientific research
How to use Visual Studio Code to develop code in a professional environment
How to structure larger projects and fix errors in your code
Best practices and the reasoning behind them
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5 videos19 readings3 assignments1 programming assignment4 ungraded labs
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