Coding fundamentals for humanists

A course overview

Author

Marie-Hélène Burle

This presentation gives an overview of the course Coding fundamentals for humanists offered at Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) every year.

The course covers core concepts of programming languages, an introduction to JupyterLab, the basics of Python, API querying, and web scraping. The format is a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, guidance on how to use large language models (LLMs) for coding, and projects relevant to the attendees’ academic research.

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