Dask Tutorial

Prepare

You should clone this repository

git clone http://github.com/dask/dask-tutorial

and then install necessary packages.

a) Install into an existing environment

You will need the following core libraries

conda install numpy pandas h5py Pillow matplotlib scipy toolz pytables snakeviz dask distributed

You may find the following libraries helpful for some exercises

pip install graphviz cachey

b) Create a new environment

In the repo directory

conda env create -f environment.yml 

and then on osx/linux

source activate dask-tutorial

on windows

activate dask-tutorial

Graphviz on Windows

Windows users can install graphviz as follows

1. Install Graphviz from http://www.graphviz.org/Download_windows.php
2. Add C:\Program Files (x86)\Graphviz2.38\bin to the PATH

Alternatively one can use the following conda commands (one installs graphviz and one installs python-bindings for graphviz):

1. conda install -c conda-forge graphviz
2. conda install -c conda-forge python-graphviz

Launch notebook

From the repo directory

jupyter notebook 

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