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swcarpentry
Programming with Python
Hi all! In the [setup instructions](https://github.com/swcarpentry/python-novice-inflammation/blob/gh-pages/setup.md) for this lesson, option A is Jupyter Notebooks, which I use for teaching the vast majority of the lesson. However, later on, in [command-line...
NumPy provides `amin` and `amax` (array min, array max), you should not use `min` and `max` in new code. The problem is that `from numpy import *` causes `min` and...
IMO, this lesson is teaching the wrong thing - CLI arguments should not be handled by hand! I've at least updated the main issue with this - it's critical to...
This specifies a minimum supported Python version. There was a discussion on discuss.python.org about stating "Python 3" vs. a minimum, and the consensus was that you should always state a...
I'm a member of The Carpentries Core Team and I'm submitting this issue on behalf of another member of the community. In most cases, I won't be able to follow...
I think it would be helpful to simplify the intro paragraph to something like: if you want to convert a temperature you could write... if you wanted to convert two...
Adding "Classes and Objects Callout to Episode 1 After the first "type" command I added a short callout "Classes and Objects". All "type" outputs will start with "" and there...
Resolves #979. This is a substantial re-write of the defensive programming lesson due to lots of feedback in recent years pointing out that exception handling is in many/most cases a...
While I am only now trying to complete my Carpentries teaching certification, I have been involved in teaching the Plotting and Programming in Python workshop since late 2019, both as...
In [Episode 5 - Repeating Actions with Loops](https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-inflammation/05-loop/index.html) there is a line and an example discussing the re-use of the for loop variables outside of the for loop: Note that...
