Python and Pandas Workshop

Schedule

Session 1

Aug. 12–16, 6-9 p.m.

Session 2

Aug. 19–23, 6-9 p.m.

Day 1: Install party!

iTerm2: Your Terminal

Download from here: https://www.iterm2.com/.

Use this instead of your default terminal.

Some basic terminal commands

1. cd (change directory) How it works: cd <directory-name>

   Example: cd ~ (change directory home)

   Example: cd .. (change directory parent)

2. ls (list)

   How it works: ls

   Example: ls -a (list hidden files and directories, prefixed with .)

3. touch

   How it works: touch <filename>

   Example: touch helloworld

4. cp (copy)

   How it works: cp <filename> <new-filename>

   Example: cp helloworld helloworld2

5. rm (remove)

   How it works: rm <filename>

   Example: rm helloworld2

6. mkdir (make directory)

   How it works: mkdir <directory-name>

   Example: mkdir my-directory

7. mv

   How it works: mv <filename> <directory-name>

   Example: mv helloworld my-directory

Xcode

Run xcode-select --install

Homebrew

Run /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Git and Github

Run brew install git

Check that it's installed using git --version

Then make an account on github.com if you don't already have one.

Setting up Github ssh keys

You want to set up an ssh key so you don't have to type in your username and password when you use it.

https://help.github.com/en/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh

Zsh

First check if you have Zsh installed.

zsh --version

If you don't run

brew install zsh zsh-completions

Then make zsh your default shell

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Install Oh My Zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Sublime

Sublime is a text editor, where you can write your code. Download it from here: https://www.sublimetext.com/3.

Run ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/sublime to launch Sublime from the command line

Try sublime helloworld. It should open up sublime with your empty file. You can also open an entire directory using this command.

Some basic git commands

1. git init

2. git add -A

3. git commit -m "your message"

4. git push

5. git clone

Installing Python

Python Wrangler might help you if you have previous versions of Python installed and clean them up.

Please use this Python installation guide

Python Part 1

Download this notebook

Create a directory called python-part1

cd into the directory

Run pipenv shell

pipenv install jupyter

jupyter notebook

Python Part 2: Intro to Pandas

Download this notebook

Python Part 3: Cleaning and visualizing

Download this notebook

Scraping in Python

Clone this repo

2-day Python Workshop

Clone this repo

Some other helpful resources

How to set up your mac like an interactive news developer

More Python and general data/graphics tutorials in this repo