These files will be used in the Python 1 session at IRE 2018. They are set up with Python 3 and Jupyter notebook for Python 3.
To use these at home you'll want to install Jupyter notebook from the command line.
Some general concepts:
- #document your code
- Google is your friend when you get those error messages
- StackOverflow.com can be super helpful too
- Expect to make mistakes - typing correctly 100% is impossible and many errors are misspelled words, missing commas, wrong indentation
- Search github
- Join Python Journos email list
- Practice. Try Learn Python the Hard Way or the Py app for your phone.
- Work on a project. Start with something simple, like a program to download and open a file.
- Ben Welsh has great Django and data journalism tutorials online.
- Work with others. Look for meetups in your area. My fave is Girl Develop It – and they welcome guys, too.