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<div class="slide titlepage">
<h1 class="title">Introduction to Python</h1>
<p class="author">
Charles Daniels
</p>
<p class="date">September 17, 2020</p>
</div>
<div id="introduction" class="title-slide slide section level1"><h1>Introduction</h1></div><div id="who-am-i" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Who Am I?</h1>
<ul>
<li>Charles Daniels</li>
<li>PhD CS student</li>
<li><a href="https://cse.sc.edu/~jbakos/group/">HeRC research group</a></li>
<li>B.S.E in Computer Engineering from USC</li>
<li>TA for 313, 317, 611</li>
</ul>
</div><div id="why-learn-python" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Why Learn Python?</h1>
<ul>
<li>Easy to write
<ul>
<li>Much less boilerplate than Java</li>
<li>No need for manual memory management like C/C++</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Popular
<ul>
<li>Widely used in scientific computing and industry</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Huge, mature library ecosystem
<ul>
<li>Numpy/Scipy</li>
<li>Matplotlib</li>
<li>PIL</li>
<li>many, many more</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
</div><div id="how-do-i-use-python" class="slide section level2">
<h1>How Do I Use Python?</h1>
<p>I use Python all the time in my work as a graduate studentā¦</p>
<ul>
<li>Data processing scripts
<ul>
<li>Convert from one format to another</li>
<li>Summarize or gather statistics</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Create figures</li>
<li>Automate other programs</li>
<li>Create prototypes for systems to be lowered to C/hardware later</li>
</ul>
</div><div id="python-essentials" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Python Essentials</h1>
<ul>
<li>Interpreted, not compiled</li>
<li>Duck-typed</li>
<li>Object-oriented</li>
<li>Garbage-collected</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="the-basics" class="title-slide slide section level1"><h1>The Basics</h1></div><div id="want-to-follow-along" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Want to Follow Along?</h1>
<ul>
<li>Just open a terminal and run <code>python3</code></li>
<li>Or use <a href="https://repl.it/">repl.it</a></li>
<li>Or use <code>ipython3</code> if you feel fancy</li>
</ul>
</div><div id="syntax---variables" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Syntax - Variables</h1>
<p>Python syntax is different from C and Javaā¦</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb1-1" title="1"><span class="co"># assign a new variable x</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb1-2" title="2">x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">7</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb1-3" title="3">y <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">3</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb1-4" title="4"><span class="co"># print x^y</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb1-5" title="5"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"</span><span class="sc">{}</span><span class="st"> to the power of </span><span class="sc">{}</span><span class="st">=</span><span class="sc">{}</span><span class="st">"</span>.<span class="bu">format</span>(x, y, x<span class="op">**</span>y))</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>7 to the power of 3=343</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="syntax-loops" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Syntax ā Loops</h1>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-1" title="1">x <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">2</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-2" title="2"><span class="cf">while</span> x <span class="op">></span> <span class="dv">0</span>:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-3" title="3"> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"x is "</span>, x)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-4" title="4"> x <span class="op">-=</span> <span class="dv">1</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-5" title="5"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-6" title="6"><span class="cf">for</span> y <span class="kw">in</span> <span class="bu">range</span>(<span class="dv">0</span>, <span class="dv">3</span>):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb2-7" title="7"> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"y is "</span>, y)</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>x is 2</p>
<p>x is 1</p>
<p>y is 0</p>
<p>y is 1</p>
<p>y is 2</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="syntax-functions" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Syntax ā Functions</h1>
<p>Defining a functionā¦</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-1" title="1"><span class="kw">def</span> doubleit(x):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-2" title="2"> <span class="cf">return</span> x <span class="op">*</span> <span class="dv">2</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-3" title="3"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-4" title="4"><span class="co"># here, message has a default value</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-5" title="5"><span class="kw">def</span> sayit(x, message<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">"value is: "</span>):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-6" title="6"> <span class="bu">print</span>(message, x)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-7" title="7"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-8" title="8"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"doubleit(3)="</span>, doubleit(<span class="dv">3</span>))</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-9" title="9">sayit(<span class="dv">5</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb3-10" title="10">sayit(<span class="dv">5</span>, <span class="st">"different message!"</span>)</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>doubleit(3)= 6</p>
<p>value is: 5</p>
<p>different message! 5</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="syntax-classes-1" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Syntax ā Classes 1</h1>
<p>Defining a classā¦</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-1" title="1"><span class="kw">class</span> Dog:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-2" title="2"> <span class="co"># __init__ is the constructor, the first argument</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-3" title="3"> <span class="co"># doesn't *have* to be "this", this is just a</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-4" title="4"> <span class="co"># convention ("self" is also popular)</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-5" title="5"> <span class="co">#</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-6" title="6"> <span class="co"># __init__ is defined like any other function, this</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-7" title="7"> <span class="co"># time we use default values</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-8" title="8"> <span class="kw">def</span> <span class="fu">__init__</span>(this, fleas<span class="op">=</span><span class="dv">5</span>, greeting<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">"bark"</span>):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-9" title="9"> this.fleas <span class="op">=</span> fleas</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-10" title="10"> this.greeting <span class="op">=</span> greeting</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-11" title="11"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-12" title="12"> <span class="kw">def</span> bark(this):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb4-13" title="13"> <span class="bu">print</span>(this.greeting)</a></code></pre></div>
</div><div id="syntax-classes-2" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Syntax ā Classes 2</h1>
<p>Using our classā¦</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb5"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-1" title="1">fido <span class="op">=</span> Dog()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-2" title="2"><span class="co"># single quotes are also allowed for strings</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-3" title="3">spot <span class="op">=</span> Dog(<span class="dv">3</span>, <span class="st">'woof'</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-4" title="4">doge <span class="op">=</span> Dog(greeting<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">"wow, such class, very types"</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-5" title="5"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-6" title="6"><span class="co"># create a list with the dogs in it</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-7" title="7">dogs <span class="op">=</span> [fido, spot, doge]</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-8" title="8"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-9" title="9"><span class="co"># loop over it</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-10" title="10"><span class="cf">for</span> dog <span class="kw">in</span> dogs:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb5-11" title="11"> dog.bark()</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>bark</p>
<p>woof</p>
<p>wow, such class, very types</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="imports" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Imports</h1>
<p>Some functions, such as <span class="math inline">sinā()</span> are in <em>modules</em> which we must import before we can use them. <span class="math inline">sinā()</span> lives in the <code>math</code> module.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb6"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-1" title="1"><span class="im">import</span> math</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-2" title="2"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-3" title="3"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"pi = "</span>, math.pi)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-4" title="4"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"sin(1.5*pi) = "</span>, math.sin(<span class="fl">1.5</span><span class="op">*</span>math.pi))</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-5" title="5"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-6" title="6"><span class="co"># we can also import specific items from a module</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-7" title="7"><span class="im">from</span> math <span class="im">import</span> sin</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb6-8" title="8"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"sin(2.5*pi) = "</span>, sin(<span class="fl">2.5</span><span class="op">*</span>math.pi))</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>pi = 3.141592653589793</p>
<p>sin(1.5*pi) = -1.0</p>
<p>sin(2.5*pi) = 1.0</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="duck-typing" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Duck Typing</h1>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-1" title="1"><span class="kw">class</span> Duck:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-2" title="2"> <span class="kw">def</span> quack(this):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-3" title="3"> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"Quack quack!"</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-4" title="4"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-5" title="5"><span class="kw">class</span> Goose:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-6" title="6"> <span class="kw">def</span> quack(this):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-7" title="7"> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"Hong honk!"</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-8" title="8"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-9" title="9">duck <span class="op">=</span> Duck()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-10" title="10">goose <span class="op">=</span> Goose()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-11" title="11"><span class="cf">for</span> bird <span class="kw">in</span> [duck, goose]:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb7-12" title="12"> bird.quack()</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Quack quack!</p>
<p>Hong honk!</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="input-file" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Input ā File</h1>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-1" title="1"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-2" title="2"><span class="co"># open example.txt for reading, the "with" will</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-3" title="3"><span class="co"># cause the file to be closed automatically when we</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-4" title="4"><span class="co"># reach the end of the "with" block, so we don't</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-5" title="5"><span class="co"># have to call f.close()</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-6" title="6"><span class="cf">with</span> <span class="bu">open</span>(<span class="st">"example.txt"</span>, <span class="st">"r"</span>) <span class="im">as</span> f:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-7" title="7"> lineno <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">0</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-8" title="8"> <span class="cf">for</span> line <span class="kw">in</span> f:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-9" title="9"> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"line"</span>, lineno, <span class="st">"is"</span>, line)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb8-10" title="10"> lineno <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="dv">1</span></a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>line 0 is line 1</p>
<p>line 1 is line two</p>
<p>line 2 is this is the third line</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="input-standard-in" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Input ā Standard In</h1>
<p>This example shows how to loop over all the lines of standard inputā¦</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb9-1" title="1"><span class="im">import</span> sys</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb9-2" title="2"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb9-3" title="3">lineno <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">0</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb9-4" title="4"><span class="cf">for</span> line <span class="kw">in</span> sys.stdin:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb9-5" title="5"> <span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"line"</span>, lineno, <span class="st">"is"</span>, line)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb9-6" title="6"> lineno <span class="op">+=</span> <span class="dv">1</span></a></code></pre></div>
</div><div id="output-file" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Output ā File</h1>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb10-1" title="1"><span class="cf">with</span> <span class="bu">open</span>(<span class="st">"output.txt"</span>, <span class="st">"w"</span>) <span class="im">as</span> f:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb10-2" title="2"> <span class="cf">for</span> i <span class="kw">in</span> <span class="bu">range</span>(<span class="dv">5</span>):</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb10-3" title="3"> f.write(<span class="st">"line #</span><span class="sc">{}</span><span class="ch">\n</span><span class="st">"</span>.<span class="bu">format</span>(i))</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb10-4" title="4"><span class="cf">with</span> <span class="bu">open</span>(<span class="st">"output.txt"</span>, <span class="st">"r"</span>) <span class="im">as</span> f:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb10-5" title="5"> <span class="cf">for</span> line <span class="kw">in</span> f:</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb10-6" title="6"> <span class="bu">print</span>(line)</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>line #0</p>
<p>line #1</p>
<p>line #2</p>
<p>line #3</p>
<p>line #4</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div id="getting-fancy" class="title-slide slide section level1"><h1>Getting Fancy</h1></div><div id="list-comprehensions-map" class="slide section level2">
<h1>List Comprehensions (Map)</h1>
<p>For a list <span class="math inline"><em>L</em></span>, apply a function <span class="math inline"><em>f</em></span> to each item, creating a new list <span class="math inline"><em>L</em>ā²</span> such that <span class="math inline"><em>L</em>ā²[<em>i</em>]ā=ā<em>f</em>(<em>L</em>[<em>i</em>])ā<em>i</em></span>.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb11"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-1" title="1">numbers <span class="op">=</span> [<span class="dv">1</span>, <span class="dv">2</span>, <span class="dv">3</span>, <span class="dv">4</span>]</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-2" title="2">squared <span class="op">=</span> [x<span class="op">*</span>x <span class="cf">for</span> x <span class="kw">in</span> numbers]</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-3" title="3"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"squared="</span>, squared)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-4" title="4"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-5" title="5"><span class="co"># convert a string to a list of it's ASCII codes</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-6" title="6">s <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"Hello!"</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb11-7" title="7"><span class="bu">print</span>(<span class="st">"characters="</span>, [<span class="bu">ord</span>(c) <span class="cf">for</span> c <span class="kw">in</span> s])</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>squared= [1, 4, 9, 16]</p>
<p>characters= [72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 33]</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</div><div id="setting-up-to-plot" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Setting up to Plot</h1>
<p>Code taken from <a href="https://matplotlib.org/3.2.1/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/simple_plot.html">matplotlib.org</a>.</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb12"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-1" title="1"><span class="im">import</span> matplotlib</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-2" title="2"><span class="im">import</span> matplotlib.pyplot <span class="im">as</span> plt</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-3" title="3"><span class="im">import</span> numpy <span class="im">as</span> np</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-4" title="4"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-5" title="5"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-6" title="6"><span class="co"># Data for plotting</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-7" title="7">t <span class="op">=</span> np.arange(<span class="fl">0.0</span>, <span class="fl">2.0</span>, <span class="fl">0.01</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb12-8" title="8">s <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">1</span> <span class="op">+</span> np.sin(<span class="dv">2</span> <span class="op">*</span> np.pi <span class="op">*</span> t)</a></code></pre></div>
</div><div id="plot-the-data" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Plot the Data</h1>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb13"><pre class="sourceCode python"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-1" title="1">fig, ax <span class="op">=</span> plt.subplots()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-2" title="2"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-3" title="3">ax.plot(t, s)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-4" title="4">ax.<span class="bu">set</span>(xlabel<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">'time (s)'</span>, ylabel<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">'voltage (mV)'</span>,</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-5" title="5"> title<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">'About as simple as it gets, folks'</span>)</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-6" title="6">ax.grid()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-7" title="7"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-8" title="8"><span class="co"># un-comment to save out to a file</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-9" title="9"><span class="co"># fig.savefig("test.png")</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-10" title="10"></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-11" title="11"><span class="co"># un-comment to show GUI plot window</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb13-12" title="12"><span class="co"># plt.show()</span></a></code></pre></div>
</div><div id="the-result" class="slide section level2">
<h1>The Resultā¦</h1>
<p><embed src="./plot.pdf" /></p>
</div><div id="attributes-arent-pre-declared" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Attributes Arenāt Pre-Declared</h1>
<p>Remember our <code>class Dog</code> from earlier? This technique is great for annotating objects you didnāt instantiate (but be careful to avoid name collisions)</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb14"><pre class="sourceCode python run"><code class="sourceCode python"><a class="sourceLine" id="cb14-1" title="1">fido <span class="op">=</span> Dog()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb14-2" title="2">fido.name <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"Fido"</span></a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb14-3" title="3">fido.bark()</a>
<a class="sourceLine" id="cb14-4" title="4"><span class="bu">print</span>(fido.name)</a></code></pre></div>
<blockquote>
<p>Output:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>bark</p>
<p>Fido</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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<div id="what-next" class="title-slide slide section level1"><h1>What Next?</h1></div><div id="libraries" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Libraries</h1>
<ul>
<li>Numerical computing
<ul>
<li><a href="https://numpy.org/">NumPy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.scipy.org/">SciPy</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Plots
<ul>
<li><a href="https://matplotlib.org/">matplotlib</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>GUIs
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/tkinter.html">tkinter</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cdaniels.net/talks.html#py3_tk">shameless plug</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Argument Parsing
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/argparse.html">argarse</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
</div><div id="how-to-install-them" class="slide section level2">
<h1>How to Install Them</h1>
<ul>
<li><code>pip</code> will let you install Python modules from the internet.
<ul>
<li>Official docs on <a href="https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/">python.org</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>Search packages: <code>pip3 search searchterm</code></p></li>
<li>Install a package <code>pip3 install --user packagename</code>
<ul>
<li>Donāt install globally with <code>sudo pip install</code> unless you know what you are doing.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Find packages on <a href="https://pypi.org/">pypi.org</a>.
<ul>
<li>Also try <a href="https://awesome-python.com/">awesome-python.com</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
</div><div id="questions" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Questions?</h1>
</div><div id="end." class="slide section level2">
<h1>End.</h1>
</div><div id="thanks" class="slide section level2">
<h1>Thanks</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>This slideshow was written using <code>pandoc</code> with <a href="https://github.com/caiofcm/filter_pandoc_run_py">caiofcm/filter_pandoc_run_py</a> used to execute in-line Python code and embed the output.</p></li>
<li><p>Thanks to Josh for copyediting.</p></li>
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