Data to Insight is not a software supplier in the traditional sense -- we're here to help local authority (LA) colleagues get work done and share it with each other. The best thing about Data to Insight is the community of analysts who are doing and sharing great work through this network.
We recognise that different LAs want different levels of engagement with our work. As such, we offer four key collaboration approaches to suit different users’ information needs.
Python video and text guides
This page stores learning materials we've produced, alongside links to other sources of useful information as we come across them. We make no endorsement or guarantee of quality - you should use your judgement and your employer's policies to guide you in selecting learning materials - but if people within our community have found something useful, we want to share it.
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The first key resource here is the video material we produced for the Quality LAC Data project, If you'd like to suggest or offer up other training materials for this page, just let us know!
Video course: LAC data validation in Python / Github
Produced in 2021 for our Quality LAC Data project, this material breaks down into four modules of short videos (and accompanying documentation) introducing LA analysts to Python, Github, and the process of writing and testing data validation rules for our SSDA903 Validator tool.
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 1 - Introductions (youtube playlist)
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 1 - Introductions (download papers)
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Module introduction
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Frontend overview
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Introduction to GitHub
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Introduction to Replit
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 2 - Python (youtube playlist)
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 2 - Python (download papers)
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Basic Python concepts
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Python data structures
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Python control flow
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 3 - Python for data (youtube playlist)
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 3 - Python for data (download papers)
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Python libraries
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Introduction to Pandas
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Pandas data analysis
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 4 - Writing validation rules (youtube playlist)
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 4 - Writing validation rules (download papers)
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The 903 Validator repository
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Collaborating on GitHub
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Writing a validation rule
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 5 - Writing advanced rules (youtube playlist)
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D2I Learning / Quality LAC Data Module 5 - Writing advanced rules (download papers)
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Grouping
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Merging
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