Welcome to PHAR2062: Introduction to Python for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

The module provides an introduction to the Python programming language, with an emphasis on applications relevant to students studying in areas related to chemical sciences (e.g. Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences).

• Session 0: Installing Python and Required Software
• Session 1: Hello World
• Session 2: Strings and things
• Session 3: Notebooks
• Session 4: Lists
• Session 5: Numbers
• Session 6: Decision Time
• Session 7: More on Strings
• Session 8: Something about Nothing
• Session 9: Making Mistakes
• Session 10: More lists and dictionaries
• Session 11: Loops
• Session 12: Molecular Formula Calculator Project
• Session 13: IDEs, Debugging and Understanding Errors
• Session 14: Functions, Comments and Good Code
• Session 15: Importing Packages and Writing Packages
• Final Project Briefing
• Final Assessed Project Ideas
• Session 16: Documentation
• Session 17: Libraries
• Session 18: Visualizing Data
• Session 19: RDKit
• Session 20: Looking Forward
• Appendix 1: Programming Challenge Solutions
• Appendix 2: Molecular Weight Calculator - Walkthrough
• Appendix 3: Using AI in Coding
• Appendix 4: Final Project FAQ