rap_intro_to_python

Intro to Python - by the Data Science RAP team

This repository currently contains 6 workshops for introducing users to Python, from a very basic level.

Workshop 1: Python on the Terminal

A markdown document with instructions on how to run python on the terminal. Includes learning on:

- Using Python to do maths
- Printing to terminal
- Storing variables
- Types
- String Manipulation
- F-strings
- Comparison Operators
- Logical Operators

Workshop 2: Notebooks, Conditions and Loops

Includes learning on:

- Recap of workshop 1
- Notebooks
- Conditional Logic
- Loops

And homework to reinforce these concepts.

Workshop 3: Functions and imports

Includes learning on:

- Recap of workshop 2
- Functions
- Importing files

Workshop 4: Intro to Data Manipulation

Choose Pyspark or Pandas! Includes learning on:

- Starting a spark session
- Displaying data
- Simple PySpark/pandas methods

Workshop 5: Intro to python-docx

Includes learning on:

- Dictionaries in python
- How to create a docx file
- How to access an existing docx file
- How to replace placeholder values with variables

Workshop 6: Unit Testing

Includes learning on:

- Why testing is important
- How to use pytest to automate unit tests