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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ taken this course. Now, the course is available for all. Enjoy!
The material you see here is the core of an instructor-led Python
training course. It is typically taught in-person over the span of
three or four days--requiring approximately 25-35 hours of work. This
includes the completion of approximately 130 hands on coding exercises.
includes the completion of approximately 130 hands-on coding exercises.
The target audience is scientists, engineers, and programmers who
already have experience in at least one other programming language. No
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Python 3.6 or newer and time to work on it--especially the latter.
This is not a course for absolute beginners on how to program a
computer. It is assumed that you already have programming experience
in some other programming language or Python itself.
in some other programming language or Python itself. You're not
going to find cute stories about looping--or why you would want to do it.
This is not a course that aims to cover everything there is to know
about Python. There is only so much material you can cover in 3-4 days
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ reason--it was once included and it made everyone's head explode.
This is not a course that simply covers reference material, tricks, or
recipes that you could just look up on [python.org](https://python.org),
Google, or Stack Overflow. Yes, there is a certain amount of reference
Google, or Stack Overflow. Yes, there is enough reference
material to be functional, but the course is more focused on how to
work with and think about Python coding.
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ maintain a one-million line Python program. I don't write programs
like that and neither should you. Delete something already!
Python is a great language for personal productivity, prototyping ideas,
and hacking cool things together. The course is about doing THAT in
a way that's both practical and not too "hacky."
a way that's both practical and not so "hacky" that you co-workers
give you stink-eye when they look at your code.
## Take me to the Course Already!