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Good course. Very fast progress without any prior Python knowledge.
Daniel Fuchs, GIGATRONIK Ingolstadt GmbH, about the German version of the course "Python for Programmers" more ...

Very nice course, got many useful suggestions.
Dr.-Ing. Ralf Wieland, Institut für Landschaftssystemanalyse, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung e.V. about the German version of the course "Python for Scientists and Engineers" more ...

Mike is an outstanding teacher ... I will look for his classes in the future.
Jannifer Trasti, Software/Systems Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA more ...

The Python Summer Course was a very good opportunity to know almost all about Python. ... Highly recommended!!
Fabio Lamanna, Ph.D. Complex Transportation Networks, Trieste, Italy more ...

We had a wide range of Python experience in our group and each person gained something valuable to take away....
Dr. Ryan Woodard, Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks, ETH Zurich, Switzerland more ...

I can absolutely recommend this course to everybody who wants become productive with Python very quickly. ...
Dr. med. Beat Meister, Bern, Switzerland more ...

The standard Python for programmers and the customized "Python for Experts" course where a great success. ...
Bart Hillaert, Alcatel-Lucent Belgium more ...

[The trainer] knows well what scientists need, so his hints are very practical and valuable. The hands-on course [..] covers a wide range of examples and will be very helpful in my daily work. ...
Dorota Jarecka, University of Warsaw about the course "Python for Scientists and Engineers" more ...

The course "Python for Scientists and Engineers" is a very useful introduction to Python programming for scientific applications ...
Dr Mihai Duta, Oxford Supercomputing Centre more ...

Very good introduction to the programming language.
Matthias Enderle, freelancer programmer more ...

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One of the Best Programming Languages

Python

The programming language Python enjoys ever increasing popularity. Compared to other popular programming languages such as C++ or Java it provides several advantages, which lead to higher productivity. Those include:

considerably shorter programs
very good code readability because of consistent code formatting
pure Python programs run without or very little changes on all common operating systems
higher level data structures such as lists and dictionaries are built into the language, therefore the are always available like strings or integers, enabling very efficient data manipulation
Python is very dynamic making very simple solutions possible that would require considerable effort in other languages

Learning Python

We decided to choose Python for our courses, because it is an excellent language for learning programming and at the same time it is a very effective and elegant language for advanced programmers as well.

From our experience Python is the optimal language for many applications. It can be easily extended with other languages such as C or even FORTRAN, broadening the range of its application to nearly all fields of programming.

Another important reason is that Python programming is by many users of the language considered fun. This connotation is rather rare in other languages. We believe work that is fun leads to better results.

The judgment of nearly all that use Python for a while is unanimous: "Programs in Python are better because considerably fewer lines of code are needed than in other popular languages to get the same result. Furthermore, programs are much better readable even after some time."

News

Python Academy founder receives PSF Community Service Award
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Course: "Python for Programmers" (English) in Leipzig February 6 - 8, 2012
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Course: "SQLAlchemy" (English) in Leipzig February 9, 2012
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Course: "Camelot" (English) in Leipzig February 10, 2012
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Next Meeting of Leipzig Python User Group, February 14, 2012
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Course: "Python for Scientists and Engineers" (English) in Chicago (USA) February 28 - March 2, 2012
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Tutorial: "Faster Python Programs through Optimization" (English) in Santa Clara (USA) March 7 at PyCon US 2012
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Tutorial: "Plotting with matplotlib" (English) in Santa Clara (USA) March 8 at PyCon US 2012
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Presentation: "Python and HDF5 - Fast Storage for Large Data" (Englisch) in Santa Clara (USA) March 10 at PyCon US 2012
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Course: "Python für Programmierer" (German) in Leipzig April 16 - 18, 2012
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Course: "Python für Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure" (German) in Leipzig April 19 - 21, 2012
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Course: "Einstieg in Django" (German) in Leipzig April 23 - 25, 2012
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Course: "Django für Fortgeschrittene" (German) in Leipzig April 26 - 27, 2012
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