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In this section, we'll download everything we need for tomorrow's projects.

Wordplay

Download the Wordplay project

We've written some skeleton code for the Wordplay project already. Download this code so you're ready to start working with it tomorrow:

Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/Wordplay.zip
Find Wordplay.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called Wordplay containing several files.

Test the Wordplay code

Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\Wordplay directory where the Wordplay code lives. For example, if the Wordplay project is at C:\Users\[Your User Name]\Desktop\Wordplay,

cd C:\Users\[Your User Name]\Desktop\Wordplay

will change you into that directory, and

ls

will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "words1.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:

python words1.py

at the command prompt to execute the words1.py Python script. You should see a column of English words printed to the screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.

Success!

You've completed setup for the Wordplay project.

Baby Names

Download the Baby Names project

You'll be playing with data from the list of all baby names in the US (used more than five times in a year) from the last several years:

Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/babynames.zip
The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory. Find babynames.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called babynames containing several files.

Test the Baby Names code

Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\babynames directory where the Baby Names code lives. For example, if the Baby Names project is at C:\Users\{Your User Name}\Desktop\babynames,

cd C:\Users\{Your User Name}\Desktop\babynames

will change you into that directory, and

ls

will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is babynames1.py, which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:

python babynames1.py

at the command prompt to execute the babynames1.py Python script. It should output text that says something like this:

There were 12 boys named mako

If it does not, let a staff member know.

Success!

You've completed setup for the Baby Names project.

State Capitals

We'll look at an example Python script that quizzes you on state capitals during the lecture on Saturday.

Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/state_capitals.py

Success!

You are done downloading the Saturday projects.

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 In this section, we'll download everything we need for tomorrow's projects.
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 We've written some skeleton code for the Wordplay project already. Download this code so you're ready to start working with it tomorrow:
-# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw/Wordplay.zip
+# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/Wordplay.zip
 # Find Wordplay.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called Wordplay containing several files.
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 You've completed setup for the Wordplay project.
-==Shakespeare==
+==Baby Names==
+[[File:Being a twin means you always have a pillow or blanket handy.jpg|350px]]
-[[File:Shakespeare.jpg]]
-===Download the Shakespeare project===
+===Download the Baby Names project===
-You'll be playing with data from the complete works of William Shakeseare:
+You'll be playing with data from the list of all baby names in the US (used more than five times in a year) from the last several years:
-# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/shakespeare.zip
+# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/babynames.zip
-# The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory. Find shakespeare.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called shakespeare containing several files.
+# The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory. Find babynames.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called babynames containing several files.
-===Test the Shakespeare code===
+===Test the Baby Names code===
-Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\shakespeare directory where the Shakespeare code lives. For example, if the Shakespeare project is at <code>C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\shakespeare</code>,
+Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\babynames directory where the Baby Names code lives. For example, if the Baby Names project is at <code>C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\babynames</code>,
- cd C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\shakespeare
+ cd C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\babynames
 will change you into that directory, and
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  ls
-will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "run.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:
+will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is <code>babynames1.py</code>, which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:
+ python babynames1.py
+at the command prompt to execute the babynames1.py Python script. It should output text that says something like this:
+ There were 12 boys named mako
- python shakespeare1.py
-at the command prompt to execute the shakespeare1.py Python script. It should output text; if it does not, let a staff member know.
+If it does not, let a staff member know.
 ===Success!===
-You've completed setup for the Shakespeare project.
+You've completed setup for the Baby Names project.
 ==State Capitals==
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 We'll look at an example Python script that quizzes you on state capitals during the lecture on Saturday.
-# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw/state_capitals.py
+# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/state_capitals.py
 ==Success!==