5. Getting started

5.1. Python Introductory Texts

• University of Helsinki Department of Geosciences and Geography

  • Geopython short course

• VanderPlas, A Whirlwind Tour of Python

• Vanderplas, Python Data Science Handbook

• D J Pine: Introduction to Python for Science

5.2. Moving from matlab to python

• Numpy for matlab users

• Here is a python translation by Don MacMillen of Chapter 1 of this matlab guide (Matlab Guide, 3rd edition, Higham, Desmond J, 2016)

5.3. Cocalc

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