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Lab01 - Getting - Started

The document provides instructions for installing Python, VSCode, Jupyter, and relevant extensions to set up an environment for data science projects. It describes downloading and selecting the appropriate software versions, choosing a Python interpreter, creating and running Jupyter notebooks, and installing key Python libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib. The document also includes a quick start guide to using Jupyter notebooks in VSCode, explaining cells, kernels, and basic functions like running code and markdown cells.

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Lab01 - Getting - Started

The document provides instructions for installing Python, VSCode, Jupyter, and relevant extensions to set up an environment for data science projects. It describes downloading and selecting the appropriate software versions, choosing a Python interpreter, creating and running Jupyter notebooks, and installing key Python libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib. The document also includes a quick start guide to using Jupyter notebooks in VSCode, explaining cells, kernels, and basic functions like running code and markdown cells.

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Lab 01: Getting Started

Installation and Setup


1. Install Python v3.9 from https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3912/ .
Select a downloadable file based on your operating system. Use custom installation (install it
in C:\Python39) and mark ‘add to path’.
2. Install stable build VSCode from https://code.visualstudio.com/.
3. In VSCode press Ctrl+Shift+X to open the Extensions tab.
4. Install Jupyter extension (released by Microsoft). The one you select should havearound
43M downloads.
5. Install Python extension (released by Microsoft). The one you select should haveover 62M
downloads.
6. Go to View->Command Palette (or use Ctrl + Shift + P).
7. Start typing Python:Select Interpreter.
8. Choose the Python Interpreter ending in C:\Python39\python.exe (if you alreadyhave
another python version installed, you may stick to that).
9. Hover on view -> Command Palette -> just type jupyter then you will be given anoption
out of many to Create a new blank notebook.
10. Enter print("Hello World!") and run it to test your installation (Ctrl + Alt + Enter).
11. We are done with the installation of the software. Now we need to create an
environment to run a code.
12. Open a terminal in VSCode from view-> terminal or use (Ctrl + `).
13. Navigate to the directory where you have the Python Interpreter (python.exe) (see page 2 for
navigation tips in the terminal)
14. Run this command: py -m pip install numpy
15. Run the same command replacing numpy with pandas, matplotlib, sklearn
16. You can also do that in jupyter notebook using “pip install matplotlib”.
17. Test matplotlib:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
plt.plot(np.random.randn(50))

For additional information see:


https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/datascience/jupyter-notebooks

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Description of the Command MacOS/LINUX Windows

For Navigating Directories


List all the files and directories in the current working directory ls ls
List of all open files on the system lsof lsof
To change/ the current directory* cd cd
To print the path of the current working directory pwd pwd
To save current location path and go to a new location pushd pushd
To return to the saved location popd popd

To Modify Files and directories


To create/make a new directory at the current directory mkdir mkdir
To remove a directory from the current directory rmdir rmdir
To move/rename a file/directory in the current directory mv move
To copy a file/directory cp cp
To remove a file from the directory (CUATION: cannot undo it) rm rm

To View a File in the Terminal


To page through a file less more
To display the content of an existing file cat type
To create an empty new file touch echo
To find a file in the current directory find dir -r
To search inside a file grep findstr

Authority and helps


Become superuser of the system sudo runas
Read the manual page man help
The network used by the computer hostname hostname
To change the access permission or mode of permission chmod
To change/transfer the file ownership chown
To download files from the internet wget wget
To terminate unresponsive program/task kill taskkill
To check all the jobs with their statuses jobs
To clear the terminal clear cls
To exit the shell/terminal exit exit

Some important editing command


To go to insert mode – insert at cursor -i -i
To go to insert mode – insert after cursor -a -a
To forcefully delete a directory (CAUTION: Do no use if there is other -rf -rf
ways)

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Important Symbols
Wild card/ equivalent to any number of symbol or character * *
Current directory . .
Go on level up directory form the current directory .. ..
Return to root directory ~ ~

Quick Guide: Jupyter Notebook (VSCode)


After the successful installation of the VSCode and extensions (Jupyter and Python) as illustrated in
the lab section, the command Ctrl + Shift +a P comes handy to create a new Jupyter Notebook
File.

The first thing a user notices on the Jupyter Notebook is the cell section.

A cell is a container for text to be displayed in the notebook or code to be executed by the
notebook’s kernel.

Other than that, a kernel is the computational engine that executes the code contained in the
notebook document.

The kernel can be selected or changed with the Select Kernel section as displayed in the image
on the right where you can see multiple options and you can choose with your version of Python.

Cells

Cells form the body of the notebook. In the screenshot above, the blue marked section is the code
shell. There are two types of cells which we will cover and use on a regular basis.

The code cell is the section where we write the code and execute it. When the code is executed, the
result is seen below the cell.

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The markdown cell is the section where we write our markdown and execute whichoutputs the
text in Markdown Format.

Quick Hints

Whenever a new notebook is opened, the first cell is always a code cell.

To run a cell, we can click the button to the left of the cell or either press Ctrl + Enter.

The + Code button generally adds up a new cell in the notebook. Similarly, the + Markdown
button adds a new markdown cell in the notebook.

The Run All button runs every cell in the notebook from the start. It stops when the error is
encountered and the errors are printed right below the cell where the error is.

The Clear Output of all Cells button clears the output of all the cells and the clean code and
markdown format is shown.

The Restart button restarts the kernel. This button is handy when we face kernel crashes and
problems.

The Variables button is handy when debugging. The button displays all the names of the
variables assigned in the notebook with the type of the value, the size and the value itself.

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