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Intro to Python

Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus - Waterloo, Canada

We are going to look at the most common applications of the Python programming language.

Jan 29, 2021, 11:00 PM – Jan 30, 2021, 12:15 AM

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About this event

Python is one of the most popular programming languages.
This workshop will introduce you to Python and show what problems can be solved using it. Although there are numerous places, where you can find Python, we will focus on the 2 main applications: Web development and Data Science. We'll be looking at such packages as Flask, Django, Pandas, Numpy and others.

When

When

January 29 – 30, 2021
11:00 PM – 12:15 AM UTC

Agenda

Intros	General introductions
History of Python	Let's look back at how Python was born and how it was growing.
Comparing Python to C-like languages	How is Python's syntax is different from other popular languages? We'll be going over some examples, pointing out the pros and cons of Python.
Django app example	Let's look at a simple web app example that is build entirely using Python.
Pandas example	Let's look at how to work with and visualize some data sets using Pandas - the most common data Python lib.
Q&A and resouces	This is the time for any questions you might've had throughout the session. We'll also be providing useful resources and pointers to "next steps".

Speaker

Andrii Denysenko

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Software Developer

Organizers

Maísa Wolff Resplande

GDSC Lead

Gavin Abeele

Vice Lead

Oleksandr Levinskyi

Mentor

Emil Harvey

Executive Lead

Cyril Kamal

Executive Lead

Sanjay Sekar Samuel

Executive Lead

Oscar Pinzon

Executive Lead

Jun Cai

Executive Lead

Ryan Dooley

Executive Lead

Anish Reddy

Executive Lead

Owen Garland

Executive Lead

Michelle Gordon

Executive Lead

Aniedi Udo-Obong

Regional Leader

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