#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # # Using a notebook # The purpose of this notebook is to introduce the Jupyter interface. This notebook is a guide to the Jupyter interface and writing code and text in Jupyter notebooks with the _Python_ programming language and _Markdown_, the lightweight markup language. # # _This notebook was originally created for a Digital Mixer session at the [2016 STELLA Unconference](https://stellagroup.wordpress.com/)_ # Cells # --- # The basic structure of a Jupyter notebook consists of linear sequence of cells from the top to the bottom of the page. A cell's content can consist of either: # # #### 1. code and code output # In[2]: # create a range of numbers numbers = range(0, 5) # print out each of the numbers in the range for number in numbers: print(number) # #### 2. Markdown/html # ### This is a big header written in markdown # #### This is a medium header written in markdown # ##### This is a small header written in markdown # This is a paragraph written in markdown # # #### 3. raw text This is ugly. You probably don't need to use raw text. # Click on any text above to see what cell it belongs to. The active cell will be surrounded by a green or blue outline. A green outline indicates you are in edit mode for that cell and you can type in the cell. A blue outline indicates that you are in command mode and you cannot type in the active cell. **To enter edit mode in a cell click on any code input area or double-click on any rendered Markdown text.** # # Notice that you can see the content type of the active cell in the multi-choice button in the notebook toolbar at the top of the page: # # ![alt text](./cellType.png) # # **You can also use this button to change the cell type.** # Adding, removing, and moving cells # --- # You can manage cells using the notebook toolbar. # * **Adding a cell:** To add a new cell below the active cell, click # * **Cut/copy/paste a cell:** Use to cut or to copy a cell and to paste the cut/copied cell below the active cell # * **Move a cell:** To move the active cell up or down, click or # * **Delete a cell:** To delete the active cell, click `Edit > Delete Cells` # # **Try adding a new Markdown cell and a Code cell, moving them around, and deleting them. _If you accidentally delete something you shouldn't have, you can undo it by going to:_** `Edit > Undo Delete Cells` # Running a cell # --- # To run code in a cell or to render markdown as html in a cell you must _run_ the cell. # # **To run the contents of a cell:** # 1. activate it # 2. press `shift`+`return` _or_ click in the notebook toolbar at the top of the page. # # **Try running the three Python code cells below.** _You can edit and re-run a cell as many times as you want._ # In[ ]: # this is Python code -> RUN IT x = 2 # the output of the last line of code is shown below the cell x * x # In[ ]: # this is Python code -> RUN IT x = 2 # you can also use the 'print' statement to print information to the output below the cell print(x) # the output of the last line of code is still shown below the cell x * x # In[ ]: # this is Python code -> RUN IT x = 2 # if there is an error in your code an error message will display in the output below the cell x + "two" # **Try editing and adding some text this Markdown cell** # # Double-click on **_this text_** to start # # _when you are done press `shift+return` to run_ # # For an overview of Markdown format check out [Markdown Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet) # More information on the UI # --- # * In the notebook Menubar click `Help > User Interface Tour` for a quick, guided overview of the user interface. # * Another overview of the interface from the Jupyter website: [Overview of the Notebook UI](http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/ipython/ipython/blob/3.x/examples/Notebook/Notebook%20Basics.ipynb#Overview-of-the-Notebook-UI) # * More information on running code from the Jupyter website: [Running Code](http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/ipython/ipython/blob/3.x/examples/Notebook/Running%20Code.ipynb) # Wrap up # --- # You should have a basic understanding of how to navigate an interactive notebook, the cell types, how to manipulate cells (adding, moving, removing, etc.), and how to run cells. # # **Next:** For a basic overview of data analysis and visualization with pandas and matplotlib, download the following notebook and add it to your notebooks folder by uploading it in the Notebook dashboard: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/WaltGurley/jupyter-notebooks-intro/blob/master/Jupyter%20-%20coding%20with%20Python.ipynb