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April 21st, 2026

An Introduction to generative AI and development tools

A brief introduction to modern development tools. Integrated development environments. Language server protocol. Generative code assistant tools.

April 21st, 2026

An introduction to data transformation

Overview of data transformation activities. Data frames. Distinct values. Selecting, renaming, and mutating variables. Filtering and arranging data. Data pivoting.

April 21st, 2026

An introduction to data visualization

A top-down introduction to the basic concepts of data visualization. Layers, aesthetics and geometric objects. Coloring. Scatter plots. Bars, histograms, and density plots. Box plots.

April 21st, 2026

An introduction to importing data

Comma-separated vales format. Importing data from the disk or the web. Relative and absolute paths. An overview of other data file formats.

April 21st, 2026

More on data transformation

A follow-up look on data transformation topics. Boolean columns. Discretizing continuous variables. Counting observations. Groupwise operations. Summarizing. Slicing operations. Accessing columns. Combining data with joins.

April 21st, 2026

More on data visualization

More details on data visualization. Know-how and -why of aesthetics. Basic themes and extensions. Guides: axes, labels, scales, breaks, and legends. Statistical transformations. Text and annotations.

April 21st, 2026

Setting up the development environment

A concise step-by-step guide on how to set up the tools and folders needed for the course.

April 21st, 2026