Homework 1

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Overview

In this assignment you will initialize a Github repository on your Github account where you will put all future assignments and projects in.

All future homework will be reported in Markdown, which is a simple markup language. It will make it easy for you to write and present work on Github since Github has a builtin Markdown parser.

If you are stuck, GOOGLE it! There is plenty of information on the web.

The instructions to solve this assignment is contained in week 1 of the course material.

To summarise:

• Initialize Github repo
• Create a simple report for the homework
• Peer review of a classmates homework

Assigment

Connecting to the Github repository

1. Create a Github repository under your account: Open the Github Desktop application. Create a new repository and name it su-mt4007. Save it somewhere easily accessible on your computer.

2. Now use the terminal and locate your repository that you have created. Start jupyter lab using the command jupyter lab. A tab in your browser will pop-up. Jupyter lab is now runnung! It should look something like this:

   

3. Create a new folder (the button next to the big blue + button) and name it HW1. You can enter your newly created folder by double clicking on it. Inside the HW1 subfolder, create a new notebook file using the blue + button and choosing a notebook. Name it HW1. It should look something like this:

   

4. To the right of the image we see the notebook file. Consisting of an empty cell. The blue bar to the left of the cell indicates that the cell is highlighted. On the top of the notebook we see a toolbar. On the tool bar we can see what type the cell is. In the image above we see that it is a Code cell. For this exercise we want to change it to a Markdown cell. You can do this by clicking on the cell and then choosing Markdown from the toolbar. You are now able to write markdown in the cell. Write the follwing:

• A title: Homework 1 using the appropriate markdown syntax. You can find it online.
• A brief description of yourself.
• A brief description of your previous experience with Data Science.

4. Now, on the Github Desktop app you can Commit and then Push your changes to your Github repository. You can find information here about how to do that. You will be able to see the changes you have made on your repository on Github.

5. When you are happy with the result, possibly after repeated uses of Commit and Push, go to your github repository on the web and open an issue in your repository (see image below where to find issues) stating “HW1 ready for grading!”.

Peer Review

After deadline has passed, go to the repository of your assigned partner(You will be assigned someone to peer-review) and give feedback under the issue they have raised. You should provide feedback by responding to the “HW1 ready for grading!” issue. Copy the following checklist and use it in your review:

• Is the homework complete, e.g. are all steps in the homework done?