Episode 1
Variables & inputs
Use variables and inputs to create simple programs that respond to the person using them.
🌱 In the Code Garden
Recordings covering Python, data, web development, cloud and open-source tools.
About the Series
In the Code Garden is a live-coding series I created for people learning Python and related technologies. Each set of episodes grows one practical idea over several sessions, with explanations, experiments and the occasional bug worked out in real time.
Code is available on GitHub. Some later recordings sit outside the original YouTube playlist, so the complete set is embedded below.
Episodes
April 2022: Playing with Python
Episode 2
If statements
Use if statements to make programs respond differently to different inputs.
Episode 3
Loops
Repeat useful work with loops and build on the earlier programs.
May 2022: Essential Python Data Structures
Episode 1
Lists & tuples
Store and work with ordered collections of values.
Episode 2
Sets
Use unordered collections when each value should be unique.
Episode 3
Dictionaries
Organise structured information with keys and values.
June 2022: Environmental Data with Matplotlib
Episode 1
Explore environmental data
Load a real dataset and begin investigating it with Python.
Episode 2
Visualise the data
Create charts that make patterns in the dataset visible.
Episode 3
Communicate what you found
Refine the visualisations so they communicate clearly and honestly.
July 2022: Front-End Web Development Basics
Episode 1
HTML basics
Give a web page meaningful content and structure.
Episode 2
CSS styling
Control the presentation and layout of the page.
Episode 3
JavaScript basics
Add behaviour and interaction to the page.
August 2022: Python Flask & Azure
Episode 1
Cultivate a Flask webserver
Begin a web application with Python and Flask.
Episode 2
Grow the Flask application
Add more useful behaviour to the application.
Episode 3
Deploy with Azure
Deploy the application so other people can use it.
September 2022: GitHub Pages Portfolio
Episode 1
Grow a GitHub Pages portfolio
Set up the repository and publish the first version of a portfolio.
Episode 2
Develop the portfolio
Add content and styling that better represents the work.
October 2022: GitHub Profile
GitHub
Bring your GitHub profile into full bloom
Create a profile README that gives useful context to your work.
November 2022: Open Code Garden
Python
Practising Python with ciphers
Use encryption and decryption problems to practise Python together.
December 2022: Advent of Code & Holiday Special
Advent of Code
Get started: problems 1 to 5
Approach the first Advent of Code puzzles and compare solution strategies.
Advent of Code
Get speedy: problems 6 to 8
Keep solving and consider clearer, faster approaches.
Advent of Code
Get fancy: problems 9 to 11
Work through later puzzles and the data structures behind them.
Holiday special
Making magic with micro:bits
Finish the year with a festive physical-computing build.