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"This course is set up to be a *thorough* introduction to programming in [Python](https://www.python.org/).\n",
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"This book is set up to be a *thorough* introduction to programming in [Python](https://www.python.org/).\n",
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"\n",
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"It teaches the concepts behind and the syntax of the core Python language as defined by the [Python Software Foundation](https://www.python.org/psf/) in the official [language reference](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/index.html) and introduces additions to the language as distributed with the [standard library](https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html) that come with every installation.\n",
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"To be suitable for *total beginners*, there are *no* formal prerequisites. It is only expected that the student has:\n",
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"\n",
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"- a *solid* understanding of the **English language** (i.e., usage of *technical* terms with *narrow* and *distinct* meanings),\n",
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"- knowledge of **basic mathematics** from high school (i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and a little bit of calculus and statistics),\n",
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"- the ability to **think conceptually** and **reason logically** (i.e., *not* just memorizing), and\n",
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"- the willingness to **invest 2-4 hours a day for a month** (cf., \"ABC\"-rule at the end)"
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"- a *solid* understanding of the **English language**,\n",
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"- knowledge of **basic mathematics** from high school,\n",
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"- the ability to **think conceptually** and **reason logically**, and\n",
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"- the willingness to **invest 2-4 hours a day for a month**."
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"The course's **main goal** is to **prepare** the student **for further studies** in the \"field\" of **data science**."
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"The **main goal** of this introduction is to **prepare** the student **for further studies** in the \"field\" of **data science**."
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"This includes but is not limited to more advanced courses on topics such as:\n",
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"This includes but is not limited to topics such as:\n",
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"- linear algebra\n",
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"- statistics & econometrics\n",
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"- data cleaning & wrangling\n",
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"To follow this course, a working installation of **Python 3.6** or higher is needed.\n",
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"To follow this book, a working installation of **Python 3.6** or higher is needed.\n",
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"\n",
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"A popular and beginner friendly way is to install the [Anaconda Distribution](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/) that not only ships Python and the standard library but comes pre-packaged with a lot of third-party libraries from the so-called \"scientific stack\". Just go to the [download](https://www.anaconda.com/download/) page and install the latest version (i.e., *2019-07* with Python 3.7 at the time of this writing) for your operating system.\n",
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"To download the course's materials as a ZIP file, open the accompanying [GitHub repository](https://github.com/webartifex/intro-to-python) in a web browser and click on the green \"Clone or download\" button on the right. Then, unpack the ZIP file into a folder of your choosing (ideally somewhere within your personal user folder so that the files show up right away)."
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"To download the materials accompanying this book as a ZIP file, open this [GitHub repository](https://github.com/webartifex/intro-to-python) in a web browser and click on the green \"Clone or download\" button on the right. Then, unpack the ZIP file into a folder of your choosing (ideally somewhere within your personal user folder so that the files show up right away)."
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"\n",
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"Furthermore, Jupyter notebooks have become a de-facto standard for communicating and exchanging results in the data science community (both in academia and business) and often provide a more intuitive alternative to terminal based ways of running Python (e.g., the default [Python interpreter](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html) as shown above or a more advanced interactive version like [IPython](https://ipython.org/)) or even a full-fledged [Integrated Development Environment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment) (e.g., the commercial [PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) or the free [Spyder](https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder)).\n",
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"In particular, they allow to mix plain English text with Python code cells. The plain text can be formatted using the [Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/) language and mathematical expressions can be typeset with [LaTeX](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Free_online_introduction_to_LaTeX_%28part_1%29). Lastly, we can include pictures, plots, and even videos. Because of these features, the notebooks developed for this course come in a self-contained \"tutorial\" style that enables students to learn and review the material on their own."
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"In particular, they allow to mix plain English text with Python code cells. The plain text can be formatted using the [Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/) language and mathematical expressions can be typeset with [LaTeX](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Free_online_introduction_to_LaTeX_%28part_1%29). Lastly, we can include pictures, plots, and even videos. Because of these features, the notebooks developed for this book come in a self-contained \"tutorial\" style that enables students to learn and review the material on their own."
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"text": [
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"Hello world\n"
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"print(\"Hello world\")"
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"For this course *programming* is \"defined\" as\n",
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"In this book *programming* is \"defined\" as:\n",
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"- a **structured** way of **problem solving**\n",
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"- by **expressing** the steps of a **computation / process**\n",
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"- and thereby **documenting** the process in a formal way\n",
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"That is different from *computer science*, which is\n",
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"That is different from *computer science*, which is:\n",
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"- a field of study comparable to (applied) **mathematics** that\n",
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"- asks **abstract** questions (\"Is something computable at all?\"),\n",
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"- develops and analyses **algorithms** and **data structures**,\n",
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"Here is a brief history of and some background on Python:\n",
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"- [Guido van Rossum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum) (Python’s **[Benevolent Dictator for Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life)**) was bored during a week around Christmas 1989 and started Python as a hobby project \"that would keep \\[him\\] occupied\" for some days\n",
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"- the idea was to create a **general-purpose scripting** language that would allow fast **prototyping** and would **run on every operating system**\n",
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"- Python grew through the 90s as van Rossum promoted it via his \"Computer Programming for Everybody\" initiative that had the **goal to encourage a basic level of coding literacy** as an equal knowledge alongside English literacy and math skills\n",
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"- the language is named after the sketch comedy group [Monty Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python)"
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"#### Summary"
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"Read chapter 0 of the book. Then work through the ten review questions."
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"Read Chapter 0 of the book. Then work through the ten review questions."
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"Read chapter 1 of the book. Then work through the ten review questions."
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"**Q10**: [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) suggests that developers use **$8$ spaces** per level of indentation."
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"**Q10**: [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) suggests that developers use **8 spaces** per level of indentation."
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"**Q11.3**: Lastly, what does the `end=\"\\n\"` mean in the documentation? Use it in the `for`-loop to print the numbers $1$ through $10$ in just one line."
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"**Q11.3**: Lastly, what does the `end=\"\\n\"` mean in the documentation? Use it in the `for`-loop to print the numbers 1 through 10 in just one line."
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"**Q11.1**: First, create a list `numbers` with the numbers from $1$ through $100$. You could type all numbers manually but there is of course a smarter way. The built-in [range()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-range) may be useful here. Read how it works in the documentation. To make the output of [range()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-range) a `list` object, you have to \"wrap\" it with the [list()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-list) built-in (i.e., `list(range(...))`)."
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"**Q11.1**: First, create a list `numbers` with the numbers from 1 through 100. You could type all numbers manually but there is of course a smarter way. The built-in [range()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-range) may be useful here. Read how it works in the documentation. To make the output of [range()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-range) a `list` object, you have to \"wrap\" it with the [list()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-list) built-in (i.e., `list(range(...))`)."
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"**Q11.3**: Create a loop that prints out either the number or any of the Fizz Buzz substitutes. Do it in such a way that we do not end up with $100$ lines of output here."
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"**Q11.3**: Create a loop that prints out either the number or any of the Fizz Buzz substitutes. Do it in such a way that we do not end up with 100 lines of output here."
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