Gecia/PythonWorkshop

Introduction to Python for Scientific Computing (Princeton U mini-workshop)

Getting started

To get started, check-out the git repository with the exercise:

git clone ttps://github.com/ASvyatkovskiy/PythonWorkshop
cd PythonWorkshop

If you do not have git or you do not wish to install it, just download the repository as zip, and unpack it:

wget https://github.com/ASvyatkovskiy/PythonWorkshop/archive/master.zip
#For Mac users:
#curl -O https://github.com/ASvyatkovskiy/PythonWorkshop/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip

Then change to the the repository folder.

Install Python3

To install Python3 for this course got to: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-351/ Scroll down to the "Files" section and select file which best matches your OS. Once finished with the installation, test it by typing:

python3

in the command line, it will open up a Python REPL, printing out the details on the version of Python.

Install Anaconda and pip3

Two package managers are going to use for this course: Anaconda and pip3. These package managers are also available on Princeton clusters.

If you have not installed Anaconda yet, please go to this page: https://www.continuum.io/downloads and select the version for Python 3 compatible with your operating system.

Type:

conda --help

to confirm the installation is succesful.

Note: pip3 should be a part of the stock install for Python > version 3.4.

Create isolated Anaconda environment for the course

Once this is installed, create an isolated Anaconda nevironment for today's course, and install ipython notebook in it:

conda create -n PythonWorkshop python=3.5.1 anaconda
source activate PythonWorkshop
conda install --name PythonWorkshop ipython-notebook=4.0.4

Start the interactive notebook

ipython3 notebook

After the notebook is opened, navigate to the workshop folder and open the 0.Setup.ipynb from the browser window.