Dr C's Python Crying Fort Support Pages
Warning: Typos are Legion
About this Site
This page is a collection of "deep dives" that slowly work through basic issues on spinning up Python for beginners. It covers the basics of getting started with Python in a Jupyter Notebook and emphasizes things that made me want to rage-quit in my own transition to Python. Consequently, a lot of the material here is slightly cheeky (and sometimes not-so-cheekly).
This differs from a number of tutorial sites and "example" pages out there, as my demos presented here slowly build the activity step-by-step, adding small modifications one element at a time. (In my experience, being flooded with everything at once led to me having to close my door for the benefit of my neighboring colleagues.)
"Where would Dr Capehart go?"
If you want to see where I went for my general Python training, here's the place. This presumes a strong comfort with programming in general and some basic Python literacy.
However, the PDSH does not include mapping, working with XArray, MetPy, or other specialized applications.
For those, I tend to mostly JFGIing it or holding my breath and diving into Stack Overflow.
Contact Information
[Dr. Bill Capehart, Director, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Civil & Environmental Engineering
South Dakota Mines
501 E. Saint Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
605.394.2439 | Email me