Introductory seminar
Data Camp
- Open “Introduction to DataCamp Projects”
Getting setup locally
You have two options.
- Install required software on your laptop
- Connect to preconfigured virtual machine (4iz565).
Plain python intepreter
- Start command prompt and type:
python
- Try using Python as calculator
Interactive python
- Improved replacement for
python
prompt ipython
Python 2 vs Python3
- Compare
python3
andpython
- Check which version of Python you are running
- You can also do it programmatically:
import sys
print (sys.version)
Interactive python notebooks
- Now known as Jupyter Notebook
- Start command prompt and type:
jupyter notebook
- Create a new Python 3 notebook
- Make sure that the notebook gets saved to your H: drive
- Make yourself familiar with basic shortcuts, like running a cell (ctrl+enter) or creating a new cell (esc-b)
- Try using the Jupyter notebook as a caculator
- Create a simple markdown cell with some markdown fomatting
Bonus points
- Completing assignments during practicals
- Completing home assignments
Your first assignment
- Task: Create a local copy of the code in “Introduction to DataCamp Projects”
- Download the project as zip file
- Try to run it
- You may need to change the mode to
Trusted
(top right corner) - Install any necessary packages (
folio
) usingpip3 install folio
, restart kernel
Make two customizations:
- instead of
global_temperature.csv
use some other data file of your choice - change the list of companies to something local
Submit the working Jupyter project to insis by next week