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Introduction to Python

Demonstration of Its Capabilities in


Scientific Research for Civil Engineering

Sebastian Pißermayr | [email protected]


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Overview
• What is Python?
• Getting started | Installation
• Basic Code Syntax
• Examples

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Python
• a high-level, interpreted programming language
• Designed by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991
• Multi-Platform Compatible (Win, Linux, macOS)

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Python is …

VERSATILE READABLE POWERFUL COMMUNITY-


DRIVEN

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Growth of Python

source: source:
https://machinelearningmastery.com/python- https://medium.com/@abdullahassami/why-you-
growing-platform-applied-machine-learning/ should-start-learning-python-in-2023-f79ecb0525bc
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Potential
Usecases for
Python
• Data Analysis and Data
Visualization
• Machine Learning and Artificial
Intelligence
• Scientific Computing
• Automation and Scripting
• Web Development
• Many More…

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Advantages and Drawbacks

Pros Cons
• Free and Open-Source • speed limitations
• Vast and versatile Libraries • not memory efficient
• Supportive Community
• High-Level-Programming Language

• High Productivity
• High readability
• Well described Error Messages

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Overview
• What is Python?
• Getting started | Installation
• Basic Code Syntax
• Examples

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Getting started | Installation
• Python 2, Python 3.11, … • VSCode
• Pycharm
• Jupyter
• Spyder
• Anaconda

Python Distribution Integrated Development Environment (IDE)


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Getting started | Installation

Python Distribution Integrated Development Environment (IDE)


https://www.python.org/downloads/ e.g.: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
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Getting started | Installation

Python Distribution Integrated Development Environment (IDE)


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Python Console
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Python Script VS. Jupyter Notebooks

Python Scripts Jupyter Notebooks


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Python Script VS. Jupyter Notebooks
• standalone programs • interactive document
• automation and • structured in cells
reproducibility • code, text, formulas and images
• LaTeX, Markdown
• teaching and showing

Python Scripts Jupyter Notebooks


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Overview
• What is Python?
• Getting started | Installation
• Basic Code Syntax
• Packages and Examples

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Python Basics
Output
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Python Basics
Dynamically Typed Variables and Types
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Python Basics
Control Structures (Conditional Statement and Loop)
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Python Basics
Functions
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Python Basics
Modules | Packages
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Overview
• What is Python?
• Getting started | Installation
• Basic Code Syntax
• Packages and Examples

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Getting started | PIP
Package Installer for Python

install via • numpy „numerical operations“


command line or • pandas „excel for python“
in your IDE:
• scipy signal processing, optimization, …
• „pip install …“
• matplotlib 2D, 3D Plots and Animations
• sympy Symbolic and numeric calculations
• seaborn Complex plots done easy
• pyvista 3D Plots and Animations
• PySide6 User Interface (Matplotlib, SQL,…)

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„numerical operations“

• Numpy Arrays
• Curve fitting (Polynomial fit, Interpolation, …)
• Matrix Operations
• Fourier Transformation

Python Modules | Packages


Examples: Numpy
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„numerical tools and algorithms“

• Sparse Arrays
• Input/Output (Matlab, HDF5, NetCFD , Images, WAV, TXT, …)
• Optimization (Nelder-Mead, BFGS, Differential Evolution, …)
• Signal Processing (Filtering, Peak Identification, …)
• Integration, Deviation, ….

Python Modules | Packages


Examples: Scipy
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„2D and 3D plotting and Animations“

Python Modules | Packages


Examples: Matplotlib
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Python Modules | Packages
Examples: Seaborn
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https://plotly.com/python/plotly-express/

Python Modules | Packages


Examples: Plotly Express
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Code Examples
Interactive single mass oscillator
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Showcase | AIT Tool
Noise Barrier GUI
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Essential Resources & Tools
Package Jupyter Notebook Tutorials
Documentation Numpy https://github.com/KeithGalli/NumPy/blob/master/NumPy%20Tutorial.ipynb
• matplotlib
Scipy https://github.com/lukepolson/youtube_channel/blob/main/Python%20Tutorial%20Series/scipy_essentials.ipynb
• numpy Sympy https://github.com/lukepolson/youtube_channel/blob/main/Python%20Tutorial%20Series/sympy1.ipynb
• pandas Plotly https://github.com/lukepolson/youtube_channel/blob/main/Python%20Tutorial%20Series/scipy_essentials.ipynb
• scipy
• seaborn cheat sheets
• sympy Python Beginners
• plotly express Pandas
Seaborn
matplotlib
numpy
scipy - linalg

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Find your learning resources!

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