Module 1 - Trainers and Support

[JosePizarro3]

@ibresslerBAM @dudelguy I decided to open this discussion while assigning Trainer/Supporter for each of the Sections of Module 1. The 3rd person not named is supposed to be there the first session, but not required for the next ones. I also added in between parenthesis the estimated session.

Feel free to tell me what you think.

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28.05.2026 – 10:00-12:00

1. Quick welcoming to the course and module (15min) --> ALL (session I)

2. Setting up the Python and Development Environment (1h-1h15min) --> INGO/CHEMA(session I)

   • Installing VSCode, Python via Miniforge3, and checking the GitHub accounts
   • Configuring VSCode for Python development
   • Creating and managing virtual environments (conda, venv)
   • Jupyter Notebooks introduction
   • (Optional) Quiz

04.06.2026 – 14:00-16:00

3. Introduction to Python (45min) --> CHEMA/INGO (session I)
   • What is Python?
   • The Interactive Python terminal
   • Variables and naming conventions
   • Basic data types: string, integer, float, boolean, complex
   • Expressions and operators
   • (Optional) Quiz

04.06.2026 – 14:00-16:00 & 11.06.2026 – 10:00-12:00

4. Core Synthax and Control Flow (1h30min) --> INGO/CHEMA(session II)
   • Functions
   • Conditional statemes (if/elif/else)
   • Advanced data structures: lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets
   • Iteration (for and while loops)
   • List comprehension
   • Recursion
   • Error and exception handling
   • (Optional) Quiz

18.06.2026 – 14:00-16:00

5. Working with Files and Data (1h30min) --> SIMON (session III)
   • Basic input/output (I/O) file operations: text, CSV, and JSON
   • Numerical arrays and vectorized operations (numpy)
   • Visualizing data (matplotlib)
   • Structured data handling (pandas)
   • Managing file paths (os, pathlib)
   • (Optional) Numerical methods in Python (scipy)
   • (Optional) Quiz

25.06.2026 – 10:00-12:00

6. Code Quality (45min) --> CHEMA/INGO (session IV)
   • Reproducible research code
   • Python style convention (PEP-8)
   • Writing clear docstrings and comments
   • Introduction to Python typing and styling (mypy, ruff)
   • Basic logging and informative error messages
   • Introduction to testing
   • (Optional) Quiz

25.06.2026 – 10:00-12:00 & 02.07.2026 – 10:00-12:00

7. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) (1h30min) --> CHEMA (25.06.2026) / SIMON (02.07.2026) (session IV+V)
   • Classes, attributes, and methods
   • Abstraction
   • Naming conventions and design
   • SOLID principles vs. functional programming
   • (Optional) Quiz

02.07.2026 – 10:00-12:00

8. Teaser to Project Organization (30min) --> SIMON (session V)
   • Recommended folder structure
   • Introduction to templates
   • Naming and modularization
   • (Optional) Quiz

09.07.2026 – 10:00-12:00

9. Projects --> ALL (session VI)