Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)/April 5th OSX project dependencies: Difference between revisions

 

# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory:

#The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, find ColorWall.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it. That will create a folder called ColorWall containing several files.

 

===Test the ColorWall code===

 

 

 

will change you into that directory (the "~" means your home directory!), and

 

 

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:

 

 

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:

 

 

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:

 

 

===Success!===

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

 

#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===

 

 

 

will change you into that directory, and

 

 

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:

 

 

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.

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

 

 

==Success!==