Please complete the setup tailored to your platform as described at the bottom of the course web page. Here are some notes regarding that process.
The installation notes on the course page suggest the use of the anaconda distribution, but we require use of the Python 3.x version of this distribution for the course.
We will be using jupyter lab, which provides an integrated environment for code, graphics, and text. Jupyter lab is installed by default along with the anaconda distribution so you don’t need to do anything special to obtain it. After you complete the steps described in the course web page, you should open a bash shell (a terminal under MacOSX or Linux, or the git-bash shell you installed on windows) and type
$ jupyter lab
If jupyter is properly installed, a window should open on your web browser showing the jupyter interface. If this does not work, drop a line to Jeremy Teitelbaum at Uconn dot edu so we’re not taken by surprise at the workshop.
Once you do (or don’t) confirm that jupyter opens, close the terminal window where you started it as well as the tab in your browser that it opened.
We intend to use the version of git that is integrated with jupyter but to use it requires a little more configuration. Open a terminal window (or the git-bash window) and type the following:
$ conda install nodejs
Answer yes to any prompts. This installs nodejs, a javascript software package that jupyter uses to control your browser.
Now we will install the jupyterlab-git extension. In a terminal window (the same one you used above is fine), type:
pip install --upgrade jupyterlab-git
jupyter lab build
This may take some time as the jupyter program needs to be recompiled with the git library added. Be patient!
There is one more step required, but we will do that at the workshop.
The exercises in the course make use of some data files and you should download those so they are available. Put them on your desktop or somewhere else you can find them easily.
Notes from Monday Afternoon Session
Notes from Tuessday Morning Session
This pandas cheat sheet is useful to have around.
See you soon!