Contents

i. How to use this book

Organization

The interface is divided into three sections.

  1. The center portion contains the main text. Here, goals, concepts, objectives, and code will be presented and explained.

# card trick

import random
import calendar
from datetime import date, datetime
deck = 'ace two three four five six seven eight nine ten jack queen king'.split()
suit = 'spades clubs hearts diamonds'.split()
today = calendar.day_name[date.today().weekday()]
date = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
select_value = random.sample(deck, 1)[0]
select_suit = random.sample(suit, 1)[0]
print("\nWelcome to Stanford Libraries!")
print("\nYour lucky card for " + today + " " + date + " is: " + select_value + " of " + select_suit)

Welcome to Stanford Libraries!

Your lucky card for Friday 2022-02-11 is: seven of hearts

  1. The left sidebar shows the search field and shortcuts to session materials.

    • Use the left and right arrow keys to browse the different chapters.

  2. The right sidebar contains the section header shortcuts.

    • Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll the page.

Jupyter icons

Note the buttons at the top of each page. icons

  • The rocketship icon appears only on pages with executable code. Hover your mouse over it and click “Binder” to launch all of the materials there. Or, click “Live Code” to run code on this webpage.

Card trick

  • Click “Live Code” underneath the rocketship icon way up top.

  • Scroll to the “card trick” Python code above.

  • Click “run” to draw your lucky card.

  • Click the square icon to enter fullscreen mode. Press the escape key to exit.

  • Move your mouse over the Octocat icon. Click “Repository” to visit the GitHub site. Or, click “Open Issue” to contribute to this book.

  • The download icon can be used to export the contents of this book.

  • Click the left facing arrow <- to hide the left sidebar.

Two parts to each coding walkthrough:

  1. The “Code” lesson that contains exercises we will walk through together.

  2. One “Quiz”, designed as a multi-part mini research project. This is accompanied by a solution notebook if you need a hint or to check your work.

Any extra time will be reserved for consulting, talking about projects, etc.

Copy/paste - Boilerplate code

The first three lessons of this book contain:

  1. The schedule

  2. Book organization

  3. How to start coding

The next three contain copy/paste code for applying to your own projct:

  1. Data types/structures and error messages

  2. Importing and wrangling data

  3. Visualizing data