Guide to Programming for the Digital Humanities Lessons for Introductory Python /

• Main Author: Kokensparger, Brian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer programming.; Humanities-Digital libraries.; Python (Computer program language).; Mathematics.; Visualization.; Programming Techniques.; Digital Humanities.; Python.

As an introduction to programming for the Digital Humanities (DH), this book presents six key assignments oriented on DH topics. The topics include Computing Change Over Time (calculating burials at a historic cemetery), Visualizing Change Over Time (visualizing the burials at the historic cemetery)...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Introductory Programming - Common Topics
• Chapter 3. Digital Humanities - Special Considerations for the Programmer
• Chapter 4. Introduction to the Digital Humanities Assignments
• Chapter 5. Change Over Time: Burials in an Historic Cemetery
• Chapter 6. Visualizing Change Over Time: Simple Visualization of the Burials in an Historic Cemetery
• Chapter 7. Textual Analysis: Frequencies and Stop Words in Dirty Text
• Chapter 8. Code Transformation: From XML to Stylized HTML
• Chapter 9. Art Stylometry: Recognizing Regional Differences in Great Works of Art
• Chapter 10. Social Network Analysis: Historic Circles of Friends and Acquaintances
• Chapter 11. Conclusion.