Exercise with the Movielens Dataset

Installation

For this exercises we will use Google Colab. As a result, we won't need to install anything locally.

1. Go to https://colab.research.google.com/
2. Once here, go to the GitHub tab and pass the URL of this repository, i.e., https://github.com/jvheinerman/recommender-exercise Here, you should be able to see a file called DataMining_Practical_Recommender.ipynb. Open it.
3. Unfortunately, Colab does not automatically import the data we need for this exercise, and therefore, we need to do this online. Luckily, this is very easy!

Uploading the data

Download this repository and extract it locally in your computer. In Colab, go to the Bestanden tab (with a folder icon) on the left side of the screen (undernead a key icon). And there select upload. Upload the files "movies.csv" and "ratings.csv". Now, you are ready to go!