.. _weeknotes:

Weekly notes
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* Week 1: Jan. 6

  - Went over `laptop installs <https://phaustin.github.io/numeric/doc_notebooks/course_bootstrap/installing_jupytext.html#Student-installs>`_

  - Started `lab 1 <https://phaustin.github.io/numeric/doc_notebooks/lab1/01-lab1.html>`_

* Week 2: Jan. 13

  - Introduced `git <doc_notebooks/course_bootstrap/python.html#Git>`_

  - Go over `common command line commands <doc_notebooks/course_bootstrap/python.html#Powershell-and-Bash-common-commands>`_

  - Look at `pyman/chap2_jupyter.ipynb <http://phaustin.github.io/pyman/notebooks/chap2_jupyter.html>`_ and `Lab 2 <https://phaustin.github.io/numeric/doc_notebooks/lab2/01-lab2.html#Stability-and-accuracy-(Jan.%C2%A02020)>`_
    

* Week 3: Jan. 20

  - Finish lab 2

  - Start `Lab 3 - Linear algebra <https://phaustin.github.io/numeric/doc_notebooks/lab3/01-lab3.html>`_

  - Demonstration:  moving functions into modules

* Week 4:  Jan. 27

  - Finish lab 3, start lab 4

  - Demonstration: editing with visual studio code


* Week 5: Feb.3    

  - lab 4 
  
  - Demonstration: `named tuple <https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/collections.html#namedtuple-factory-function-for-tuples-with-named-fields>`_
  
* Week 6: Feb.10    

  - lab 5

  - Demonstration: 1) eigenvectors and linear odes  2) object oriented programming

    - Links

      - `Linear ode review <http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/DE/SolutionsToSystems.aspx>`_

      - `Link between eigenvectors and linear odes <https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/23312/what-is-the-importance-of-eigenvalues-eigenvectors>`_

      - `stability theory for odes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability_theory>`_

      - `An example of the oop language wars <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56860/what-is-an-example-of-the-liskov-substitution-principle>`_

    - installing new packages

      - make sure they come from the conda-forge channel::

          conda install -c conda-forge pandas

      - to make conda-forge your default channel::

          conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
          
* Week 7: Feb. 24

  - `Numba demonstration notebook <https://github.com/phaustin/numeric_students/blob/downloads/demonstrations/numba_demo.ipynb>`_

  - Some links on object oriented programming:

    - `Corey Schafer Python tutorials <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCezIgC97PvUuR4_gbFUs5g>`_ (scroll down for object oriented programming)

    - `Side by side comparison of program design in Python and Julia <https://medium.com/@Jernfrost/defining-custom-units-in-julia-and-python-513c34a4c971>`_