Update Python lessons for Digital Skills Training

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Summary

This makes changes to the Software Carpentry Python lessons for Digital Skills Training.

Changes

• The order of existing lessons is to be altered to present core Python concepts first and introduce libraries in later lessons.
• New lessons are to be added on Pandas, Regression, and OOP.

Lessons

1. Python Fundamentals
2. Storing Multiple Values in Lists
3. Repeating Actions with Loops
4. Making Choices
5. Analyzing Patient Data
6. Visualizing Tabular Data
7. Analyzing Data from Multiple Files
8. Creating Functions
9. Data Manipulation with Pandas* (new lesson)
10. Regression Analysis and Modelling* (new lesson)
11. Python Object-Oriented Programming* (new lesson)
12. Errors and Exceptions
13. Defensive Programming
14. Debugging
15. Command-Line Programs

Running Locally

• Install Git, R, and Pandoc
• Install the following R packages

install.packages(c("sandpaper", "varnish", "pegboard", "tinkr"), repos = c("https://carpentries.r-universe.dev/", getOption("repos")))

• Clone this branch on the repository

git clone -b digital-skills-update https://github.com/uon-drs/python-novice-inflammation-brc

• In R, enter the cloned repository folder, then run

sandpaper::no_package_cache()
sandpaper::build_lesson(".", preview = TRUE, quiet = FALSE)
fs::dir_tree(tmp, recurse = 1)

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