Class Session 1

Topics covered

• Course goals
• Course mechanics and grading
• Creating a virtual machine
• Logging into your virtual machine
• Navigating from the command line in Unix
• Using your SFTP client to edit files remotely
• Starting the IPython notebook server
• Using the IPython notebook
• Introduction to Python

IPython notebook

• class1-template.ipynb
• class1-filledin.ipynb

Readings

• Think Python, Chapters 1-3
• The Command Line Crash Course
• Learn Python the Hard way, Exercises 1-22