You'll need to obtain two things to work with this tutorial. 1) Be able to launch IPython Notebook 2) Obtain the github repository for this workshop Running IPython Notebook ------------------------ http://columbia-applied-data-science.github.com/swcsetup.html Obtaining Tutorial Notebooks ---------------------------- 1. Clone the github repository for this workshop 2. At the command line, `cd` to the `1-Python/notebooks`. 3. Type `ipython notebook`. - This should open a new tab in a web browser. (We suggest Firefox.) - To start a new notebook from scratch for today's demo, click on `New Notebook` - You can see the notebook from the demo here http://tinyurl.com/au7e4jn Useful IPython Notebook Commands -------------------------------- The most important one: - `shift-Enter`: run the current cell