Hacks
Complete the procedure below accurately. These are absolutely required and must be 100% accurate for your success.
GitHub Account
- Follow instruction https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/signing-up-for-github/signing-up-for-a-new-github-account Use your own personal/permanent email… NOT SCHOOL!!! GitHub account belongs to you.
MacOS 1st Time Developer
VSCode install
- Install VSCode
Anaconda install
- Download for MacOS: Anaconda
- Run Install: Answer yes to questions
Homebrew install
- Copy and Paste to Install from Terminal Homebrew
- Copy
bash ... curl ...
command using copy box on website- Launch
terminal
from search bar- Paste
bash ... curl ...
command into Terminal …- Make sure command starts, this should provide feedback/output in terminal and could take a long time, like 10-min, there could be a prompt in the middle, at about 5-minutes. Follow any on screen instructions provided in terminal output to finish.
- Homebrew installs a tool called “brew” which helps add and manage developer packages on MacOS.
At this point, the next task is to prepare tools. You must start a new Terminal. Now the Terminal prompt should be prefixed with (base). If not, you need to go back to Anaconda install.
- Open new Terminal, your prompt should look like this…
(base) iMac:~ jmort1021$
Key Packages needed on MacOS
- Close and Start a new terminal, run each command in Terminal
$ brew list # list packages $ brew update # update package list $ brew upgrade # upgrade packages $ brew install git # install latest git $ brew install python # install python3 for development $ python --version # version of python3 installed
Windows 1st Time Developer
VSCode install using WSL. Windows users have option to have best of Windows and Linux while developing within VSCode.
- Install VSCode using WSL.
- Required review, become familiar with Windows WSL development
Anaconda install on WSL.
- Try the exact commands in WSL Command / Powershell.
- Only if there is a wget error… To find the latest Linux-x86 distribution hover over
64-Bit (x86) Installer
of this page: https://www.anaconda.com/download#downloads. Hover over wget and Anaconda3 commands based on new link.PS C:\Users\UserName> wsl # Windows prompt to WSL command $ cd /tmp $ wget https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2023.03-1-Linux-x86_64.sh $ chmod +x Anaconda3-2023.03-1-Linux-x86_64.sh # Answer yes to all the prompts $ ./Anaconda3-2023.03-1-Linux-x86_64.sh
At this point, the next task is to prepare for Packages, Jupyter Notebooks, and Kernels. You must start a new WSL Command / Powershell. Now the WSL prompt should be prefixed with (base) from Anaconda install. If not, you need to go back to Anaconda install.
- Open Command / Powershell. If you are not looking like this you need to back up.
PS C:\Users\ShayM> wsl # Windows prompt (base) shay@MSI:/mnt/c/Users/ShayM$ cd ~ # WSL prompt (base) shay@MSI:~$ # WSL home, best place to install files
Key Packages needing update on WSL Ubuntu
- In a WSL Command / Powershell install Python3 ```bash $ sudo apt list # list packages $ sudo apt update # update package list $ sudo apt upgrade # upgrade packages $ sudo apt install python3 python3-pip # install python3 and pip3 for development $ python –version # version of python3 should be shown
Jupyter Install and Kernels (MacOs and WSL)
Install Jupyter and check python kernel
(base) id:~$ conda --version (base) id:~$ conda install jupyter # install jupyter (base) id:~$ jupyter kernelspec list # list installed kernels Available kernels: python3 /home/shay/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/python3