In a collaboration with NWO-i and the DIFFER institute in Eindhoven this Software Carpentries session is now available to researchers at Tilburg University.

Who: The in-person course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of Python

Where: De Zaale 20, 5612 AJ Eindhoven. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: October 2, 2025; 9:30-17:30 Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements:  Bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below the timetable)

October 2: Python

Register here: DIFFER, Collegezaal: September 30 & October 2, 2025

Getting Set up 

Python is a popular language for research computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. Installing all of its research packages individually can be a bit difficult, so we recommend Conda-forge, an all-in-one installer.

Regardless of how you choose to install it, please make sure you install a Python version >= 3.9 (e.g. 3.11 is fine, 3.6 is not).

We will teach Python using the Jupyter Notebook, a programming environment that runs in a web browser (Jupyter Notebook will be installed by Miniforge). For this to work you will need a reasonably up-to-date browser. The current versions of the Chrome, Safari and Firefox browsers are all supported (some older browsers, including Internet Explorer version 9 and below, are not).

Windows:

1. Open https://conda-forge.org/download/ with your web browser.

2. Download the Miniforge for Windows installer
3. Double click on the downloaded file (Something like, Minforge3-Windows-x86_64.exe)
4. If you get a "Windows protected your PC" pop-up from Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, click on "More info" and select "Run anyway"
5. Follow through the installer using all of the defaults for installation except make sure to check Add Miniforge3 to my PATH environment variable.
6. Download the environment file. Save the file to your Downloads folder.
   (The following steps requires using the shell. If you aren't comfortable doing the installation yourself stop here and request help at the workshop.)
7. Search for the application "Miniforge Prompt", open it and run: conda env create -f .\Downloads\carpentries_environment.yml
8. Close the terminal window.

MacOS

1. Open https://conda-forge.org/download/ with your web browser.
2. Download the appropriate Miniforge installer for macOS
   (The following steps requires using the shell. If you aren't comfortable doing the installation yourself stop here and request help at the workshop.)
3. Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where the executable is downloaded (e.g., cd ~/Downloads).
4. Type

   bash Miniforge3-

   and then press Tab to autocomplete the full file name. The name of file you just downloaded should appear.
5. Press Enter (or Return depending on your keyboard). You will follow the text-only prompts. To move through the text, press Spacebar. Type yes and press enter to approve the license. Press Enter (or Return) to approve the default location for the files. Type yes and press Enter (or Return) to prepend Miniforge to your PATH (this makes the Miniforge distribution the default Python).
6. Download the environment file. Save the file to your Downloads folder.
7. On the terminal run: conda env create -f ~/Downloads/carpentries_environment.yml
8. Close the terminal window.

Linux:

1. Open https://conda-forge.org/download/ with your web browser.

2. Download the appropriate Miniforge installer for Linux
   (The following steps requires using the shell. If you aren't comfortable doing the installation yourself stop here and request help at the workshop.)
3. Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where the executable is downloaded (e.g., `cd ~/Downloads`).
4. Type

   bash Miniforge3-

   and then press Tab to autocomplete the full file name. The name of file you just downloaded should appear.
5. Press Enter (or Return depending on your keyboard). You will follow the text-only prompts. To move through the text, press Spacebar. Type yes and press enter to approve the license. Press Enter (or Return) to approve the default location for the files. Type yes and press Enter (or Return) to prepend Miniforge to your PATH (this makes the Miniforge distribution the default Python).
6. Download the environment file. Save the file to your Downloads folder.
7. Search for the application "Miniforge Prompt", open it and run: conda env create -f ~/Downloads/carpentries_environment.yml
8. Close the terminal window.