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Using a precompiled distribution

• Anaconda: https://www.continuum.io/downloads
• WinPython: https://winpython.github.io/

DIY installation

Installing Python

• Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/ and download the 3.* or 2.7 version for Win x86-64
• Install the .exe file
• Install the libraries of your choice by running pip install <package name> from the cmd.exe. Don't forget to run cmd.exe with administrator rights

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Some advice for your thesis

Numbers, numbers, numbers

• Please, round all the numbers to a reasonable number of digits. In engineering, four significant digits are enough. And if you can compute 10 significant digits, you can be world-famous and earn $100.
• If you perform any experimental measurements, compute the confidence intervals too. alpha = 0.05 is a good default value for the significance level.
• If you have less than ca. 30 measurements, use only nonparametric statistics. If you have more than 30 samples, it is a good idea to check them for normality.
• Correlation does not imply causation
• Always specify units of measurements. siunitx is a great LaTeX package for this.

Do not do the same work twice

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@ echo off
for /r %%i in (*.pdf) do convert -density 1200 -resize 25%% "%%i" "%%i.png"

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git log --graph --full-history --all --color --date=short --pretty=format:"%x1b[0m%h%x09%x1b[33m%d%x1b[32m%x20[%ad] %x1b[0m%s %x1b[36m(%an)"

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Notes on Fortran

These are some initial impressions of Fortran 2008 as seen by a MATLAB person.

Very generally, I would say Fortran is quite similar to MATLAB (I know that it's actually the other way round). Apart from this, here are some language features that I found quite interesting/quirky/nice/annoying (in no particular order):

• Implicit typing:
  • Implicit typing in Fortran has nothing to do with modern type inference (a-la auto in C++11)! If it is active, the compiler tries to assign types based on variable names. 😱 So it is really necessary to always use implicit none.
• Array indexing:
  • Can be specified by the programmer, e.g. one can start indexing with 0 or even use negative indices. On the other hand: Prepare to memorise scenarios in which indices are remapped to 1:N by default and a couple of cases when indices remain the same.
  • MATLAB slices are specified as <lower bound> : <step size> : <upper bound>, whereas Fortran uses ` :

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UI

• zen
• atom-clock

Coding

• process-palette
• terminal-plus
• linter
• atom-beautify

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import re


def main(filename_in, filename_out):

    re_coord_pattern = "\((?P<x>[-.\d]*),(?P<y>[-.\d]*)\)"
    re_coord = re.compile(re_coord_pattern)

    with open(filename_in, "r") as f_in, open(filename_out, "w") as f_out:
        for line in f_in:

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# Batch convert all .doc/.docx files encountered in folder and all its subfolders
# The produced PDF files are stored in the invocation folder
#
# Adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16534292/basic-powershell-batch-convert-word-docx-to-pdf
# Thanks to MFT, takabanana, ComFreek
#
# If PowerShell exits with an error, check if unsigned scripts are allowed in your system.
# You can allow them by calling PowerShell as an Administrator and typing
# ```
# Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

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import codecs
import os
import fnmatch


def delete_if_exists(filename):
    if os.path.exists(filename):
        os.remove(filename)

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function AsyncCall(arg1, arg2)
batchFileLocation = 'mybatch.bat';
cmdArgs = sprintf('""%s" "%s" "%s""', batchFileLocation, arg1, arg2);

proc = System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = 'cmd.exe';
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = ['/C', cmdArgs];
proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
proc.Start();
end