Getting started with programming
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.. note:: 🌱

  Aim: provide a reference and a list of starting points for learning programming

  Level: beginner 🌱

To get started with programming, especially if going into bioinformatics, Python might be a good
programming language of choice. If the analysis you plan to perform are going to be more statistical
in nature, R might be a good alternative.

Programming courses at UiO
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To get started with learning programming, see some of the UiO software carpentry courses:

- `Plotting and programming in Python <http://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-gapminder/>`_ for beginners,
- `Programming with Python <https://swcarpentry.github.io/python-novice-inflammation/>`_ for the ones with some experience with Python,
- `R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis <http://swcarpentry.github.io/r-novice-gapminder/>`_ for beginners.

Information on upcoming workshops can be found on the `UiO Library website <https://www.ub.uio.no/english/courses-events/courses/other/Carpentry/>`_.

Recommended literature
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