Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/ComputationalDesignLab/surrogate-methods into main

Author: Abhijnan03

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-books/_build
+books/_build
+books/.ipynb_checkpoints
+.DS_store
+books/.DS_store

books/.ipynb_checkpoints/doe-checkpoint.ipynb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: "Surrogate Methods"
 execute:
   execute_notebooks: "off"
 author: "Leifur Leifsson (leifur[at]purdue.edu)"
-copyright: "2024"
+copyright: "2025"
 repository:
   url: "https://github.com/ComputationalDesignLab/surrogate-methods"
   path_to_book: "books"

books/.ipynb_checkpoints/engineering_design-checkpoint.ipynb

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ format: jb-book
 root: index
 chapters:
   - file: setup
-  - file: resources
+  - file: python_basics/intro
+    sections:
+      - file: python_basics/python_basics
+      - file: python_basics/plotting
+      - file: python_basics/resources
   - file: review_nm/intro
     sections:
     - file: review_nm/error

books/.ipynb_checkpoints/krg-checkpoint.ipynb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Basics of Python Programming
+
+This section provides a few implementation examples of basic Python syntax, data types, loops, functions and plotting. This serves as an introduction to Python for novice users and a refresher for established users of Python. This tutorial section is directed towards important prerequisite material that will be important in understanding other sections of this jupyter-book. This section is split into the following sub-sections:
+
+1. Basic programming in Python
+2. Basic plotting in Python
+3. Python and Jupyter Notebook resources