Basic Python training at SARAO Cape Town

5 Nov 2025, 09:00 → 6 Nov 2025, 14:30 Africa/Johannesburg

Auditorium (SARAO CT)

In person basic Python training hosted at SARAO Cape Town

Wednesday, 5 November

1 Getting Started with Python & Python Fundamentals

Installing Python and setting up your environment
Running Python scripts and using the interactive shell
Understanding basic syntax and indentation rules
Variables, data types, and type conversion
Operators (arithmetic, comparison, logical)
Input and output functions

10:30 Tea

12:00 Lunch

2 Exercises and Questions

Thursday, 6 November

3 Control Flow and Data Structures & Functions and Working with Modules

Conditional statements (if, elif, else)
Loops (for, while) and iteration
Core data structures: lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets
Defining and calling functions
Parameters, return values, and scope
Importing and using built-in modules (e.g., math, random)

10:30 Tea

12:00 Lunch

4 Exercises and Questions