This course is a part of SHARCNET's ongoing "Introduction to Advanced Research Computing" series of online courses for 2021-2022. Compute Canada account is required to enroll.To register for any of the courses:

• Follow this link: https://training.sharcnet.ca

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• Click Site Home in the left-hand side menu

• Click 2021-2022 Introduction to Advanced Research Computing (ARC)

• Browse the list of (currently available) courses and enroll in the ones you are interested in

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Course Syllabus:

Python is an easy-to-read, easy-to-learn, general-purpose, and popular programming language. It is concise and easy to read, and allows the user to do everything from web development to software development including scientific applications. In this introductory Python course, we demonstrate some of the basics of Python programming --enough to get started. This course will be focused on Python usage on Compute Canada clusters.