Quickstart Installation Guide for HODP

Essentials

  1. Deepnote: A cloud-based Jupyter notebook platform for collaboration. Create an account using your college email or GitHub account here.
  2. R Studio Cloud: A cloud-based platform for R programming. Sign up for free here.
  3. Github: A platform to store and share your code. Not mandatory, but useful for sharing and storing code. Create an account here.

Advanced Installation (Optional)

For Mac

  1. Homebrew: A package manager for Mac. Install it by running the following command in Terminal: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
  2. Python and Pip: Install Python and Pip using Homebrew with the command brew install python.
  3. Python Libraries: Install necessary libraries using pip commands. For example, use pip3 install numpy to install NumPy.
  4. Jupyter Notebook: Install locally by running pip3 install notebook.
  5. Visual Studio Code: Recommended IDE. Download from here.
  6. Github Desktop: A GUI to manage your GitHub repositories. Download from here.

For Windows

  1. Python: Download and install the latest version from here.
  2. Python Libraries: Install necessary libraries using pip commands. For example, python -m pip install numpy to install NumPy.

Detailed Installation Steps

Deepnote

  1. Visit the Deepnote website at https://deepnote.com/.
  2. Click on “Sign Up” usually located at the top right corner of the page.
  3. You can sign up using your Google account, GitHub account, or with your email.
  4. Once you have signed up and logged in, you can create a new project by clicking on “New Project” button.
  5. You can now start using Deepnote for your Jupyter notebooks.

R Studio Cloud

  1. Visit RStudio Cloud’s website at https://rstudio.cloud/.
  2. Click on the “Sign Up” button.
  3. Fill in your information to create an account.
  4. Once signed in, you can create a new project by clicking on the “New Project” button.
  5. Start coding in R!

Github

  1. Visit Github’s website at https://github.com/.
  2. Click on the “Sign Up” button at the top right corner of the page.
  3. Fill in your information to create an account.
  4. Once signed in, you can create a new repository by clicking on the “+” icon at the top right corner and selecting “New repository”.
  5. Fill in the necessary information for your repository and click “Create repository”.

Advanced Installation For Mac

Homebrew

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Copy and paste the following command and press Enter: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.

Python and Pip

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Run the following command: brew install python
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.

Python Libraries

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Run pip3 install numpy pandas urllib3 beautifulsoup4 scipy matplotlib
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.

Jupyter Notebook

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Run the following command: pip3 install notebook
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.

Advanced Installation For Windows

Python

  1. Visit the download page here.
  2. Click on the “Download Python” button.
  3. Run the downloaded file and follow the instructions to complete the installation.

Python Libraries

  1. Open Command Prompt.
  2. Run python -m pip install numpy pandas urllib3 beautifulsoup4 scipy matplotlib
  3. Wait for the installation to complete.