Python Open Lab Nov 28: Blog Style!

Hello all, Due to some complex scheduling issues, I am posting here the material we would have covered in lab tomorrow. Please feel free to contact me for any questions (data@library.columbia.edu). Enjoy! Python Objects and Classes (cont’d!) Self:  What is the self variable in Python? The self variable represents the instance of the object itself. Unlike most object-oriented languages […]

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Fall 2017 Python Open Lab Week 1

Week 1 September 26 In week 1 of our Python Open lab, we introduced the Python Starter Kit and went over Python basics such as expressions, variables and statements, floats, statements, integers, strings, booleans, and control flow statements. The class was a mix of students with little to no experience with Python, to a few […]

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Python Open Labs – Web Scraping

For those who have been following this blog series, sorry for a late post on the updates about Python Open Labs. Last week we covered some basics about web scraping with python, but before I start let me make a customary disclaimer. Make sure that any of the websites that you want to scrape have granted […]

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