Using Jupyter Notebooks
Jupyter notebooks are a form
of literate programming. A Jupyter notebook is a document that can be
viewed and edited in a Web browser, and that combines Python code, pictures,
text and plots.
If you installed Python using
the Anaconda distribution, Jupyter is
already included. To start the notebook environment, run from the
Anaconda/scripts folder the following command:
jupyter notebook
This will start the Jupyter Notebook server on your machine, and launch
the default Web browser on your machine on the Jupyter viewer page - which
is by default
http://localhost:8888/tree.
You can then use the "New Notebook" command on this page, which will create
a new notebook. You should then rename the notebook to a descriptive name -
such as "NLP-HW1". You will now be in an interactive shell session, and can
type Python commands, and get results.
Experiment with the notebook - until you get a good, well documented
session answering the questions in the assignment, with appropriate
figures and plots and sufficient explanations of your code and the
execution of the code.
Make sure to write your answers in a way that tells a story:
you should not only provide answers to the questions - but explain what
you are testing, what you expect, what is noticeable, surprising, disappointing,
enjoyable, in the results you obtain when running your code.
Do not forget to save your notebook (use the Save command).
You should gather all files and plots that accompany your notebook
and prepare a zip file with all supporting material before submission.