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Write up Pydytuesday experiences

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Since Jul 8, 2025.

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@jacgrout, @anyaferguson and @Fikriyudin11 (supported by @tomjemmett) got together on 7 July to have a go at using Python to explore the latest Tidytuesday dataset (xkcd colour survey).

Would be nice to write this up. Maybe a generic intro and then a small subsection from each participant about their experience, what they learnt, how they overcome issues, etc. Possible angles:

  • we're new(ish)-to-Python
  • Tidytuesday gives a chance to practice on an unseen dataset
  • the pydytuesday package helps import the Tidytuesday data into Python
  • we used different writing tools (Google Colab, VS Code, Positron)
  • uv and venv for environments/package management
  • problems faced (e.g. pip not on PATH)
  • conversation about differences between R and Python (e.g. the pipe)
  • show code and plots

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