Cardiff University Python Workshop
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.. note:: Please bring your laptop to the workshop!

The scope of the workshop is not to give a complete introduction to Python,
but instead to make you familiar with the basics of Python, numerical
analysis, plotting, and Astronomy packages, so that you can directly use it in
your work/research, and hopefully learn more! The functionality is presented
in such a way that beginners in Python should be able to follow, but please
ensure that you have a functional Python distribution installed prior to the
workshop.

Schedule
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Time     Topic                                  
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10:00am  Why use Python?        
10:30am  Python installation clinic
11:00am  Introduction to Scientific Python
 1:00pm  Lunch
 2:00pm  Python in Astronomy (hands-on)
 3:00pm  Coffee
 5:00pm  Pub!
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Topics
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   emergency_install
   scientific/introduction
   astronomy/astronomy
   learning

Acknowledgments
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This workshop makes use of the template developed for the Practical Python for
Astronomers workshop at `http://python4astronomers.github.com
<http://python4astronomers.github.com>`_, which was developed by Tom Aldcroft, Tom Robitaille, Brian Refsdal, Gus Muench and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
creation.

:Authors: Thomas Robitaille
:Copyright: 2013 Thomas Robitaille