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Programming with Python Fundamentals | three-hour Workshop

Python has been climbing in popularity for 20-plus years, and with the rise of AI, it’s becoming more in-demand than ever. Join us for three hours to get hands-on fundamental Python programming skills to power your pursuits.

Whether you’re interested in adding basic Python programming skills to your professional toolkit, or want to launch a career in data science or machine learning, you’ll be off to a good start after this workshop.

 
Programming Fundamentals | AVAILABLE ONLINE

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  • Hands on practice
  • Live instruction
  • Foundational Python skills
  • Automate tasks using Python
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Who’s this for?

This workshop is for you if…

  • You’ve heard programming with Python is one of the best skills you can have in your professional toolkit, and you want live, hands-on Python practice guided by an industry pro.
  • You’re interested in pursuing a software engineering or data science career, but you don’t have much, if any, experience with Python and need to learn the basics.
  • You’re thinking about taking a coding course with GA — or you’re already enrolled — and you want to have a solid Python foundation before the first day of class.
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technical requirements

To participate in this workshop, you’ll need to make sure you’re set up for success with the following:

  • A free Google account
  • A Zoom account
  • A free Google Colab account
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Key Takeaways

You’ll leave this workshop confident in your ability to:

Understand Python basics

You’ll learn why Python is such a popular, user-friendly programming language, how to navigate a code editor, and understand the different variables and data types in Python.

Use conditional statements and data dictionaries

Start harnessing the power of Python. Get hands-on practice using data structures like lists and dictionaries, and make decisions using conditionals.

Define and build custom functions

Round out your Python skills by learning how to organize and simplify your code using functions that include loops and conditional logic to generate specific return values.

Workshop Agenda

Understand why Python is so popular and user-friendly, and practice navigating the code editor, Google Colab, before diving into basic Python programming.
Conditional statements allow you to make decisions based on the values of variables or the result of comparisons. Learn about the different types, like booleans and comparison operators, and how they allow you to create programs that are vastly more complex. Then practice using logical operators to enhance conditional statements.
Time to add some structure to your data — using lists to manage collections of data, index-based retrieval to access and manipulate list items, and dictionaries to represent data with multiple properties.
Need to generate the same block of code repeatedly without having to write it multiple times? That’s where loops come in. Learn to differentiate between while and for loops, and best practices for using loops in your programming.
Learn what functions are used for in Python programming. Structure a function and add parameters. Then take what you learned in previous units and practice creating functions that include loops and conditional logic to generate specific return values.

About the INSTRUCTOR

Fred Ngo has been a software developer for over 20 years, and has worked at a variety of companies both large and small. He is also an entrepreneur who was the founding CTO of VC-backed software startup (Standout Jobs) in 2008.
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We get it, sometimes life gets in the way. If you’re unable to attend a workshop you signed up for, let us know at least a week before the start date and you’ll get a full refund. If you need to cancel within one week of the workshop, you’ll receive the recording and materials from the workshop. Reach out to help@ga.co if you need to cancel or reschedule a workshop.
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This workshop is a three hour long session. Workshops typically take place on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, from 8–11 a.m. PT/11–2 a.m. ET.
You bet — we want you to continue practicing and referencing the things you learned long after your workshop ends. You should receive the recording and any in-class materials within one week of your workshop via email.
We don't believe your education should end when your workshop does, so you'll have plenty of time to access your class recordings to review and revisit what you've learned at your own pace.
YES. We love this for you. If you enroll in a short course within six months, or a bootcamp within one year of your workshop, you can apply what you paid for the workshop toward your course. Talk to an admissions specialist to learn more about this — no strings attached.
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