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Build some services that aggregate data from different APIs
Learn about storing and visualizing data
Spy on our FB friends?
Course Material
[Part I - Set up working environment and getting started with Python](./course-material/Part I - Set up working environment and getting started with Python.md)
We'll set up our work environment and make sure everyone can run Python
We'll write our first "Hello Word" Python script
We'll introduce the concept of the command prompt / terminal
[Part II - Basics of Python](./course-material/Part II - Basics of Python.md)
We'll learn the basics of Python and programming
Learn about the very useful cocept of mappings / dictionaries / json
Learn about dependencies and the problem it creates in the context of programming, and the Pythonic solution to it
[Part III - Basics of HTTP requests](./course-material/Part III - Basics of HTTP requests.md)
Learn about HTTP requests and differnt kind of methond
Learn about how to easily create one-off requests using cURL
Interact with a real API locally deployed on a "silly" server
[Part IV - Programatically Interacting with API](./course-material/Part IV - Programatically Interacting with API.md)
Learn about how to programatically make HTTP requests using the requests Python library
Learn about authorization
Write our own server that can take an address anywhere in the world and show a bunch data from different APIs (Weather, map, street-view, etc')
[Part V - Storing and Visualizing Data](./course-material/Part V - Storing and Visualizing Data.md)
Learn about ElasticSearch and basics of databases
Learn about the benefits of visualizing data using ES and Kibana
Create your own (small scale) big-data sample with public Twitter tweets and its own visualization
