Due to the limited time of the workshop, we cannot offer python course and we assume that the participants will have basic knowledge in python for our tutorial sessions. If it is not the case, please take some time before the workshop to familiarise yourself with python. There are a lot of free online courses and tutorials, but if you don't want to get lost in the infinite possibilities offered by your browser, here are a few links with simple explanations, examples and tutorials that we gathered for you :
First steps with python : basic syntax, variables, data structure, if and for loops, ...
Introduction course on coursera :
Plotting with matplotlib :
Doing astronomy with astropy :