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Detailed schedule - 1st edition (2011)

Here is the programme for the Kenya training event, still a work in progress...

Day 1 - 24th Oct 2011

8:00 – 8:45

Registration

9:00 – 9:30

Opening session

Welcome address 

  • University representative - Dr. Wanjiku Nganga
  • Africa i-Parliament representative - Mr. Flavio Zeni

9:30 -10.30

Mario Ruggier

Python Basics 

  • Philosophy, Features 
  • Environment (Installing, set-up, running python)
  • The basics (numbers, strings, variables)
  • Syntax
  • Operators and Expressions
  • Control Flow
  • Functions

10.30 – 11: 00

TEA BREAK

11:00 – 1:00

Mario Ruggier

More of Python Basics

    1:00 – 2:00

    LUNCH

    2:00 – 4.00

    Miano Njoka

    Modules

    Data Structures

    4:00 – 4:30

    Tea break

    4:30 – 5:30

    Miano Njoka

    • Exercises – walk through of a problem and a solution.

    • Assignments to be given out

    Day 2 - 25th Oct 2011

    Time

    Activity

    9:00 – 11:00

    Mario Ruggier

    • Object Oriented Programming

    11:00 – 11: 30

    TEA BREAK

    11:30 – 1:00

    Miano Njoka

    • Exceptions

    • The Python Standard Library

    12:30 – 2:00

    LUNCH

    2:00 – 4.30

    Miano Njoka

    Exercises

    4:30 – 5.00

    Tea break

    Day 3 - 26th Oct 2011

    Time

    Activity

    9:00 – 11:00

    Miano Njoka

    Comprehensions and Generators

    11:00 – 11: 30

    TEA BREAK

    11:30 – 1:00

    Bob Aman

    Partner Session: Google presents

      • Google App Engine for Python;

    12:30 – 2:00

    LUNCH

    2:30 – 4.30

    David Muthami

    Partner Session: ESRI

    4:30 – 5.00

    Tea break

      

    Day 4 - 27th Oct 2011

    Time

    Activity

    9:00 – 11:00

    Victor Miclovich

    Python and Scientific Computing

      • Introduction

      • Numpy: manipulating data arrays

      • Scipy: data processing routines

      • Matplotlib: 2-D plotting library

    11:00 – 11: 30

    TEA BREAK

    11:30 – 1:00

    Victor Miclovich

    More of Scientific Computing

    12:30 – 2:00

    LUNCH

    2.00 - 4.30

    Victor Miclovich

    Django

    4:30 – 5.00

    Tea break

    Day 5 - 28th Oct 2011

    Time

    Activity

    9:00 – 11:00

    Victor Miclovich

    More of Django

    11:00 – 11: 30

    TEA BREAK

    11:30 – 1:00

    Sean Khan

    UNEP Presentation

    1.00 – 2:00

    LUNCH

    2:30 – 3.30

    Jason Mule

    Partner Session: Mobile Planet

    3:30 – 4.30

    Partner Session: Bungeni

      
      



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