Programming with Python: Setup

In preparation for this lesson, you will need to download a zip file of data.

Windows instructions

1. Download python-novice-inflammation-data.zip and move the file to C:\Work. If there are already files in C:\Work, just go ahead and delete them first.

2. Extract the contents of the zip file (right click, Extract All). Double clicking on the zip file simply previews the contents — it doesn’t extract them.

3. If all goes well, you should see a data folder within your extracted folder.

4. From the Start menu, select Anaconda Prompt, and issue the following commands to start the notebook server:

    cd C:\Work\python-novice-inflammation-data\data
    jupyter notebook
   

   

5. Then create a new notebook using the drop-down menu on the right to select ‘Python 3 notebook’:

6. Do not close the Anaconda prompt! Doing so will kill your notebook server.

Linux instructions

1. Make a new folder in your Desktop called python-novice-inflammation.
2. Download python-novice-inflammation-data.zip and move the file to this folder.
3. Extract the zip archive. You should end up with one new folder called data.

4. To get started, go into the data folder from the Unix shell with:

    $ cd
    $ cd Desktop/python-novice-inflammation/data
   

   If you will be using the Jupyter (IPython) notebook for the lesson, you should have already installed Anaconda which includes the notebook.

5. To start the notebook server, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:

    $ jupyter notebook
   

6. Create a new notebook using the drop-down menu on the right to select ‘Python 3 notebook’.