Hi, more in the "tools to make your own" category:
https://course.spacy.io is a course on NLP which was created from an existing DataCamp course because the author was unhappy with DataCamp. There is a starterkit for making your own course https://github.com/ines/course-starter-python (also available in R https://github.com/ines/course-starter-r). T On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 12:30 AM Carol Willing < willi...@willingconsulting.com> wrote: > I would recommend you take a look at the PyCon tutorial videos (they are > all available on YouTube > <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pycon+python>). Here are a > few: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zu8lrYn6t8 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkx5_MRAV3A > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4WQi2OIy7o > > For those that prefer written examples, Jake Vanderplas' Whirlwind Tour > of Python <https://jakevdp.github.io/WhirlwindTourOfPython/> is > excellent. The repo includes interactive Jupyter notebooks > <https://github.com/jakevdp/WhirlwindTourOfPython>. > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Purwanto, Wirawan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Background: I want to find to find a resource for a quick-and-light > interactive Python intro that I can recommend people taking before going to > another computing workshop that requires Python from the get go (no time to > teach python basics). > > > > In light of DataCamp’s unresolved issue we’re made aware recently, I am > wondering if people have alternatives, i.e. something that is really > targeted for novice (non-programmer) to get started on Python quickly. I > like DataCamp’s approach that integrates lesson, editor, and interactive > python on a single web page: > https://www.datacamp.com/courses/intro-to-python-for-data-science . > > > > This is what I spotted today: > > > > > https://medium.com/swlh/5-free-python-courses-for-beginners-to-learn-online-e1ca90687caf > > > > One course does not work anymore. All of them are Udemy-based. But there’s > got to be others too! > > > > I know SWC Python is great, but it requires live participation. What’s > people’s experience in using SWC lessons as self-study materials? > > > > (In comparison, in the UNIX shell world, one can refer to this site for a > quick learning: http://rik.smith-unna.com/command_line_bootcamp/ . That > looks really great.) > > -- > > Wirawan Purwanto > > Computational Scientist > > Research Computing Services / Information Technology Services > > Old Dominion University > > Norfolk, VA 23529 > > > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T83c4a579aa3e72c7-Mfb50157510f61a95d693777d> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T83c4a579aa3e72c7-Ma80be0d6e3cda8bc362bc721 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
