Session 1 went well today! Hope to see you at the next session. Super simple "no deep stuff" ;) *Session 1 done today!* https://github.com/romyilano/SudoRoom_Python_DomesticViolence#session-1---i… Session 1 - Preparations - Get set up on your computer - Railsbridge is excellent, great people, great installation advice (Railsbridge Installation Guide)[ http://docs.railsbridge.org/installfest/choose_your_operating_system] - Be comfortable with the command line - Learn Command line the hard way <http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/> *IMHO the more comfortable you get with the command line the better off you'll be in the short and long run* - Understand how to use git - Complete Learn Python the Hard Way <http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/> up until Lesson 20 <http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex20.html> - <https://github.com/romyilano/SudoRoom_Python_DomesticViolence#session-1---the-doing-part>Session 1 - the Doing part Open up the terminal on your computer. - *Don't know the terminal and command line? Go here <http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/>* mkdir SudoLesson cd SudoLesson Now use git to clone the github repo <https://github.com/romyilano/SudoRoom_Python_DomesticViolence> for this workshop git clone https://github.com/romyilano/SudoRoom_Python_DomesticViolence - *Don't know how to use git from the command line?* review cloning and the basics the simple guide <http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/> cd SudoRoom_Python_DomesticViolence write your first script in the python folder, name it intro_python.py from sys import argv script, filename = argv in_file = open(filename) indata = in_file.read() print("Here's your file %r:" % filename) print("The sample csv is %d bytes long" % len(indata)) input(" Return to continue >") print("Now I'm going to print out all the data - it's very long!") input(" Return to continue >") print(indata) input(" Return to continue >") print("Closing the file") in_file.close() Run the script, we'll be using the sample.csv which is the spreadsheet of crimes in the Oakland area in the past 90 days python python/intro_python.py csv/sample.csv Self-directed Learning Steps - Make 2 or 3 variations of this script - Redo the Learn to Code the hard way lessons - Download other csv files and read them - ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com