Day 1 : introducing Python¶

2 / 20 / 2015

Prior¶

Make sure your Python environment installed on day 0 still works - see Software to install for the class for how to check your installation. Please ask for help if you have any doubt.
Finish the first Python Module on Codecademy: http://www.codecademy.com/courses/introduction-to-python-6WeG3/0/1

Day¶

variables, math
flow control (conditional statements, loops)
basic data structures (lists and dictionaries)
importing modules
reading and parsing text files (basic)

The exercises¶

If you haven’t done this already, see the instructions in Day 0 : introduction: what is an image? on how to get the repository for the exercises.

cd pna/pna2015
git pull
cd day1
ipython notebook

There is a web page listing of the exercise files at https://github.com/practical-neuroimaging/pna2015/tree/master/day1