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In preparation for this lesson, you will need to download two zipped files and place them in the specified folder:
- Make a new folder in your Desktop called
python-novice-inflammation
. - Download [python-novice-inflammation-data.zip][zipfile1] and move the file to this folder.
- If the files aren't unzipped yet, double-click to unzip them. You should end up with
two new folders called
data
andcode
. - To get started, go into the
data
folder from the Unix shell with:
$ cd
$ cd Desktop/python-novice-inflammation/data
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If you will be using the Jupyter (IPython) notebook for the lesson, you should have already installed Anaconda which includes the notebook.
To start the notebook, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:
$ jupyter notebook
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To start the Python interpreter without the notebook, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:
$ python
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[zipfile1]: {{ page.root }}/files/python-intro.zip [zipfile2]: {{ page.root }}/code/python-novice-inflammation-code.zip