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You've completed setup for the Wordplay project. |
You've completed setup for the Wordplay project. |
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==Baby Names== |
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[[File:Being a twin means you always have a pillow or blanket handy.jpg|350px]] |
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[[File:Shakespeare.jpg]] |
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===Download the |
===Download the Baby Names project=== |
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You'll be playing with data from the |
You'll be playing with data from the list of all baby names in the US (used more than five times) over from the last everal yeras: |
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# 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/ |
# 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 |
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# 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 |
# 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. |
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===Test the |
===Test the Baby Names code=== |
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Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\ |
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>, |
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cd C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\ |
cd C:\Users\'''{Your User Name}'''\Desktop\babynames |
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will change you into that directory, and |
will change you into that directory, and |
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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 "run.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type: |
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python |
python babynames.py |
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at the command prompt to execute the |
at the command prompt to execute the babynames1.py Python script. It should output text that says something like this: |
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There were 12 boys named mako |
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If it does not, let a staff member know. |
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===Success!=== |
===Success!=== |
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You've completed setup for the |
You've completed setup for the Baby Names project. |
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==State Capitals== |
==State Capitals== |
Revision as of 07:46, 6 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:
- 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
- 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
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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) over from the last everal yeras:
- 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 "run.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:
python babynames.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/state_capitals.py
Success!
You are done downloading the Saturday projects.