Git Basics and First Python Steps

In this week’s workshop, we will introduce version control using Git and also write our first basic Python scripts. Version control helps us track changes in code, collaborate with others, and avoid losing work. Python will be introduced as the main programming language for data science.

Lab Logo Introduction

Live Logo Live coding

Review the material that we explored in Week 1’s live-coding session.

Lab Logo Lab

Exercise: Create your first Git repository and Python file

Your task is to:

  1. Clone the ISIC-ISCO-CODER GitHub repository.
  2. Create a Python file named first_script.py.
  3. In the Python file, write code to: Print Hello Nigeria!
  4. Commit your code and push to GitHub.

Lab Logo Further reading