Python Bootcamp Series

Written on February 24th, 2019 by Eric Englin

What We Learn

This bootcamp is meant to serve as a basic tutorial that builds a base of programming knowledge. This allows us to start doing more complicated projects under real-world conditions.

Bootcamp Curriculum:

• Get Everything Installed: We don't expect any previous knowledge. Accordingly, installing everything can be one of the trickiest parts of getting into data science projects.
• Adding a Dataset: Once we have everything loaded, we look into how to load an actual dataset and make our first graphs
• Loops and Functions: When working with big datasets, it can be extremely useful to make programs that will do a lot of the repetitive work for you. Loops and functions allow us to save a ton of time that would be spent writing the same line of code.
• Basic Machine Learning: We will end with building a basic model that will predict who would live or die on the Titanic.
• Basic Visualizations: We will find geographic data from local 311 or 211 data sources and plot as heat maps to better visualize.

Bootcamp Meeting Details

Typical meetings are on Wednesday or Thursday evenings at the Digital HKS office (1 Brattle Square, Office #470). Food is provided!

Python Bootcamp Series: 5:30pm-7pm

Our general meeting starts right after the bootcamp meeting. Feel free to stick around if you'd like to challenge yourself!