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This course teaches Python programming for humanities research, including text processing and NLP.
About Python Programming for the Humanities
Python Programming for the Humanities by Folgert Karsdorp is a web-based book that introduces Python for working with textual data in humanities research. It expects no prior programming experience and covers basic procedures, text processing, preprocessing, and programming principles, with short quizzes to check understanding.
Later chapters address archiving and searching text collections, a web application for searching a PDF library, classification, and hierarchical clustering. Chapters 5 and 6 are still in draft status and not ready for use. The course material uses Python 3.4 and does not support Internet Explorer.
Key features
- Read and clean text files and compute word frequency distributions
- Preprocess text with elementary analysis tools
- Build simple information retrieval system for text collections
- Create web app to search personal PDF library
- Implement naive Bayes classifier with evaluation metrics
- Implement hierarchical clustering in Python
Best for: Humanities students and scholars with no prior programming experience who work with textual data.
Good for
- Expects no prior programming experience
- Includes short quizzes to test understanding
- Covers applied projects such as archiving and searching text
Watch out for
- Chapters 5 and 6 are in draft status and not ready for use
- Internet Explorer is not supported
- Uses Python 3.4; lower versions are not recommended
Python Programming for the Humanities at a glance
- Website
- karsdorp.io/python-course
- Category
- Education & Learning › Learn Python
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Good for
- Developers
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Python Programming for the Humanities FAQ
Do I need prior programming experience?
No. The book expects no prior experience with programming.
Which Python version does the course use?
The course uses Python 3.4. Lower versions are more or less supported, but not recommended.
Are all chapters available?
No. The book has 10 chapters, but Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 are still in draft status and not ready for use.
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