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You've completed setup for the Twitter project. |
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==ColorWall== |
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[[File:Colorwall_matrix.png|200px]] |
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===Download the ColorWall project=== |
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You'll be writing graphical effects for an existing ColorWall project. Download this ColorWall code and example effects so you're ready to start working with them tomorrow: |
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# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: |
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#* http://web.mit.edu/jesstess/www/BostonPythonWorkshop6/ColorWall.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 ColorWall.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called ColorWall containing several files. |
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===Test the ColorWall code=== |
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Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop\ColorWall directory where the ColorWall code lives. For example, if the ColorWall project is at <code>C:\Users\jesstess\Desktop\ColorWall</code>, |
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cd C:\Users\jesstess\Desktop\ColorWall</pre> |
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will change you into that directory, and |
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dir |
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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: |
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python run.py |
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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. |
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Now type: |
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python run.py -a -s |
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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. |
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You can also run both sets of effects by typing: |
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python run.py -a |
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</pre> |
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===Success!=== |
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You've completed setup for the ColorWall project. |
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==State Capitals== |
==State Capitals== |