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===Download the Shakespeare project===
===Download the Shakespeare project===


You'll be playing with data from the complete works of William Shakeseare:
You'll be writing graphical effects for ColorWall. Download the ColorWall code and example effects so you're ready to start working with them 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/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/shakespeare.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 ColorWall.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called ColorWall 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 shakespeare.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called shakespeare containing several files.


===Test the Shakespeare code===
===Test the Shakespeare code===


Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\ColorWall directory where the Shakespeare code lives. For example, if the Shakespeare project is at <code>C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\ColorWall</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>,


cd C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\ColorWall
cd C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\shakespeare


will change you into that directory, and
will change you into that directory, and

Revision as of 04:29, 3 November 2014

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:

  1. 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
  2. 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\mako\Desktop\Wordplay, 

cd C:\Users\{YOUR USER NAME}\Desktop\Wordplay

will change you into that directory, and 

dir

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.

State Capitals

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

  1. 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


Shakespeare

Download the Shakespeare project

You'll be playing with data from the complete works of William Shakeseare:

  1. 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
  2. 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.

Test the Shakespeare 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 C:\Users\{Your User Name}\Desktop\shakespeare, 

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

will change you into that directory, and 

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: 

python run.py

at the command prompt to execute the run.py Python script. You should see a window pop up and start cycling through colorful effects. If you don't, let a staff member know.

Now type: 

python run.py -a -s

at the command prompt to execute the run.py Python script so that it runs only the advanced effects. You should see a window pop up and start cycling through different colorful effects. If you don't, let a staff member know.

You can also run both sets of effects by typing: 

python run.py -a

Success!

You've completed setup for the Shakespeare project.

Success!

You are done downloading the Saturday projects.

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