Recitation 2: An introduction to Python (continued)

In this recitation you will continue playing with Python using Jupyter notebooks.

Instructions:

• We’ll continue last week’s intro jupyter notebook (Note: we’ve made a few small modifications to the notebook since last week, so be careful if you’re using the same notebook).

• Python dictionaries are an important Python data structure that you need to know about. It is covered in the following notebook. Go through this notebook on your own in case you did not have enough time in recitation.

• Follow the TAs as they guide you through the material and exercises in the notebooks.

• After the recitation, investigate Python further. A few resources to get you started:

  • The official tutorial
  • The Python 3 documentation
  • Python for Java programmers

Remember that to use your notebook you’ll have to start with the command

export PATH=/usr/local/anaconda/bin:$PATH

After doing that, you can invoke the jupyter notebook with the command:

jupyter notebook