Resources

Below are useful resources, further reading, and links referenced throughout this course.

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Python Documentation & Tutorials

• Python unittest — Unit testing framework

• unittest.mock — Mocking in Python

• Python Virtual Environments (venv) Tutorial

• NumPy arange

• NumPy identity

• NumPy random module

• Pandas DataFrame: resample

• Pandas DataFrame: rolling

• Pandas DataFrame: shift

• Pandas User Guide: Data Import

• pandas.read_csv

• Matplotlib Gallery

• Matplotlib Showcase: Anatomy of a Figure

• Python Style Guide (PEP 8)

• Python Docstring Conventions (PEP 257)

• Mypy Getting Started

Data, Datasets & Geospatial

• Hills Database (CSV downloads)

• UK GeoJSON Administrative Boundaries (LAD)

Environments & Tools

• Conda Install Guide

• Conda: Managing Environments

• Poetry Documentation

• Poetry Basic Usage

• Virtualenv User Guide

• flake8 Linter

• pytest-cov (PyPI)

• pytest-notebook Documentation

• Coverage.py API Docs

Example Course & Reference Materials

• The Alan Turing Institute RSE Course: Module 1 Introduction to Python

Licensing

• Creative Commons BY 4.0

• MIT License

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If you have suggestions for additional resources, or spot a broken link, please let the course authors know!