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Python at ALA
Before the preconference
Set up Python
Set up a text editor
Practice starting & exiting Python
Practice navigating your files from the command prompt
Practice running Python code from a file
Get dependencies installed for projects
Optional
: Get started learning Python!
Preconference
Schedule
Self-paced introduction, part 1
Self-paced introduction, part 2
Checkoff
Lecture outline and links
Lightning talks
After lunch: practice and projects
What To Do Next
Wrap up, credits, and next steps
Schedule
Goals
8:30-10
: Welcome and self-paced introduction
10-10:15
: Break
10:15-12:15
: Lecture
12:15-1:15
: Lunch (lightning talks 12:45-1:15)
1:15-2:15
: CodingBat
2:15-2:30
: Break
2:30-3:30
: Project
3:30-4
: Next steps