Programming for Geographical Information AnalysisOnce you have explored the Software and Info boxes below; and have completed the Introduction, Intro Practical and GitHubPractical - The general way forward is to work through each lecture box, then the associated practical box. The lectures will introduce key concepts, but are basically a walkthrough, the practicals are essential. To get used to writing your own code from scratch and developing extra skills try the associated practice pieces for each lecture and practical and work through the introduction to debugging.
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Software you'll need to know before the first practicalEven if you think you're happy with these, check the pages and make sure you know how to use them fully:
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| Variables | Agent Based Modelling | |||||
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| I/O | I/O |
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| Modules | Communicating | |||||
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| Functional / Exceptions | Animation / Behaviour |
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