a1

Assignment 1

50 points
Due 9/8, before class

Setup

1. Learn Python by complete the online Python training course at http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python.

2. Learn git by completing the online training course at http://try.github.io.

3. Create a GitHub account and email me your github name (along with your IIT email address and full name).

4. Install the Python/SciPy stack on your computer (if you haven't already) by follwing the instructions here: http://continuum.io/downloads. We'll be using Python 2.7, not Python 3. I recommend using Linux/Mac for this class, but Windows should work as well.

5. Install Pip http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html. Pip allows you to install additional Python libraries.

6. Install ipython: pip install ipython

7. Install Git

• Windows:
  • Download the installer from http://msysgit.github.io/ and run it
  • Download and install the GitHub app
• Mac/Linux: Check if git is already installed by running which git
  • To install on Linux: sudo apt-get install git (Ubuntu) or yum install git-core (Fedora)
  • To install on Mac: http://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/

6. Setup Git: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git

• Mac/Linux only: Generate SSH keys https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys

7. Clone your private class repository

   git clone https://github.com/iit-cs579/[YOUR_GITHUB_ID-asg].git
   

E.g., for me this would be:

 git clone https://github.com/iit-cs579/aronwc-asg.git

• You should have read/write (pull/push) access to your private repository.
• This is where you will submit assignments.

8. Update your private repository with git pull

9. Modify the README.md file in your repository to list your name.

• Checkin this change with:

git add README.md 
git commit -m 'my first commit'
git push

Data Collection

1. Complete the data collection assignment, following a1.ipynb . (The code is here a1.py.)
2. Push your all your code and supporting files (.png, .cfg, .txt) to your private GitHub repo under asg/a1