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Every first and third Thursday of each month at 7pm PS:One holds Python Office Hours. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level! Show up and introduce yourself! When you do show up to an office hours understand that we try to [[Be_excellent_to_each_other]]. When I, SMiguez, am hosting, please be aware that you will need to follow my [[http://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/User:SMiguez/Code_of_Conduct personal code of conduct]] for learning events which extends the "Be excellent to each other" code.
Every first and third Thursday of each month at 7pm PS:One holds Python Office Hours. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level! Show up and introduce yourself! When you do show up to an office hours understand that we try to [[Be_excellent_to_each_other]]. When I, SMiguez, am hosting, please be aware that you will need to follow my [[http://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/User:SMiguez/Code_of_Conduct personal code of conduct]] for learning events which extends the "Be excellent to each other" code.
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=== Here are some starting Points ===
Here are some suggested starting points.


Start here if
* if you are new to programming, try out the [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop_6 beginner Boston Python Workshop] materials
* if you are new to programming, try out the [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop_6 beginner Boston Python Workshop] materials
* if you are new to python but know a little about programming, try out the [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Intermediate_Python_Workshop intermediate Boston Python Workshop] materials
* if you are new to python but know a little about programming, try out the [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Intermediate_Python_Workshop intermediate Boston Python Workshop] materials
* you want to do web development
 
* you want to play with robots
I'd like to get some curricula for these topics.
* you want to play with raspberry pi, arduino, etc
 
* you want to analyze data sets
* web development
* you want to write games
* robots
* raspberry pi
* open data / civic hacking (in process of being developed [https://openhatch.org/wiki/Intro_to_Programming_Using_Open_Government_Data Intro to Programming Using Open Government Data])
* games
* open science
* teaching
* young coders (see example from pycon [https://github.com/mechanicalgirl/young-coders-tutorial#readme Young Coders Tutorial])




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== Learning resources ==


Books
Books
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Interactive online tools
Interactive online tools
* https://www.pythonanywhere.com/
* http://www.pythontutor.com/
* http://www.pythontutor.com/
* http://codingbat.com/python
* http://codingbat.com/python
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* http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python
* http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python


Online courses and lectures
Online courses providers
* [http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs101 Udacity Introduction to Computer Science 101]
* [https://www.edx.org/ edX]
* [http://www.coursera.org/courses Coursera]
* [http://www.udacity.com/ Udacity]
* [http://pythonlearn.com/ Python Learn]
* [http://software-carpentry.org/4_0/ Software Carpentry]  
* [http://software-carpentry.org/4_0/ Software Carpentry]  
* [http://www.coursera.org/courses Coursera], search for python
* [http://ged.msu.edu/angus/beacon-2012/ CSE 891 Computational Science for Evolutionary Biologists]]


[[Category:Interest_Groups]]
[[Category:Interest_Groups]]