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Scientific coding

Python and MATLAB the way scientists actually use them.

Every other topic on this site uses code as a thinking tool, so this is the natural place to start if you are new to programming. Pick a language, learn it through real scientific problems, and you will be ready for everything downstream.

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Different ways into the same material. Any one of them is a complete start.

If you want Python from scratch

Master Python for scientific coding

Course · Udemy · 32+ hours (80+ with exercises) · Python

Using Python for scientific computing. No previous background in Python necessary.

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If you want to learn Python and math together

Master math by learning Python

Course · Udemy · 37+ hours (60+ with exercises) · Python

Use Python as a tool for learning concepts and visualizations in mathematics.

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If you work in MATLAB

Master MATLAB through guided problem-solving

Course · Udemy · 40 hours · MATLAB

Lessons built around specific applications in graphics, data analysis, image processing, import and export, and more.

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Everything on scientific coding

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Course

Master Python for scientific coding

Course · Udemy · 32+ hours (80+ with exercises) · Python

Using Python for scientific computing. No previous background in Python necessary.

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Course

Master math by learning Python

Course · Udemy · 37+ hours (60+ with exercises) · Python

Use Python as a tool for learning concepts and visualizations in mathematics.

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Course

Master MATLAB through guided problem-solving

Course · Udemy · 40 hours · MATLAB

Lessons built around specific applications in graphics, data analysis, image processing, import and export, and more.

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Course

MATLAB onramp: learn scientific coding with ChatGPT's help

Course · Udemy · 6+ hours · MATLAB

Get started with MATLAB, debug code, and develop a programming style, with ChatGPT as a study partner. Ideal for beginners.

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Free course

Essentials of MATLAB for neuroscience

Free · 5 modules · MATLAB

MATLAB programming for neuroscience data analysis. Each of five modules covers data processing, analysis, and visualization skills that neuroscientists often need.

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Book

MATLAB for Brain and Cognitive Scientists

Book · MIT Press · MATLAB

Brings scientists in psychology, neuroscience, and related fields to intermediate and advanced levels of programming proficiency.

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Where scientific coding fits

Leads to → Calculus Change, accumulation, and approximation, by hand and in Python. Leads to → Linear algebra The language of data science, machine learning, and signal processing. Leads to → Statistics & data Statistics and machine learning, intuition first.