cleaned up a few things in the first lecture

Author: PythonCHB

slides_sources/source/conf.py

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
-#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+# needs_sphinx = '1.0'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     'sphinx.ext.todo',
     'sphinx.ext.coverage',
-    #'sphinx.ext.pngmath',
-    'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
+    # 'sphinx.ext.pngmath',
+    # 'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
     'sphinx.ext.ifconfig',
     'IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting',
     'IPython.sphinxext.ipython_directive',
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 source_suffix = '.rst'
 
 # The encoding of source files.
-#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+# source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
 
 # The master toctree document.
 master_doc = 'index'
@@ -68,41 +68,41 @@
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
-#language = None
+# language = None
 
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
-#today = ''
+# today = ''
 # Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
-#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+# today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 exclude_patterns = []
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all
 # documents.
-#default_role = None
+# default_role = None
 
 # If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
-#add_function_parentheses = True
+# add_function_parentheses = True
 
 # If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
 # unit titles (such as .. function::).
-#add_module_names = True
+# add_module_names = True
 
 # If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
 # output. They are ignored by default.
-#show_authors = False
+# show_authors = False
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = 'colorful'
 
 # A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-#modindex_common_prefix = []
+# modindex_common_prefix = []
 
 # If true, keep warnings as "system message" paragraphs in the built documents.
-#keep_warnings = False
+# keep_warnings = False
 
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
@@ -114,27 +114,27 @@
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
 # documentation.
-#html_theme_options = {}
+# html_theme_options = {}
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
-#html_theme_path = []
+# html_theme_path = []
 html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to
 # "<project> v<release> documentation".
-#html_title = None
+# html_title = None
 
 # A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
-#html_short_title = None
+# html_short_title = None
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
 # of the sidebar.
-#html_logo = None
+# html_logo = None
 
 # The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 # docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 # pixels large.
-#html_favicon = None
+# html_favicon = None
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
@@ -144,48 +144,48 @@
 # Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
 # .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
 # directly to the root of the documentation.
-#html_extra_path = []
+# html_extra_path = []
 
 # If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
 # using the given strftime format.
-#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
+# html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
 
 # If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
 # typographically correct entities.
-#html_use_smartypants = True
+# html_use_smartypants = True
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
-#html_sidebars = {}
+# html_sidebars = {}
 
 # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
 # template names.
-#html_additional_pages = {}
+# html_additional_pages = {}
 
 # If false, no module index is generated.
-#html_domain_indices = True
+# html_domain_indices = True
 
 # If false, no index is generated.
-#html_use_index = True
+# html_use_index = True
 
 # If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
-#html_split_index = False
+# html_split_index = False
 
 # If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
-#html_show_sourcelink = True
+# html_show_sourcelink = True
 
 # If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#html_show_sphinx = True
+# html_show_sphinx = True
 
 # If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
-#html_show_copyright = True
+# html_show_copyright = True
 
 # If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
 # contain a <link> tag referring to it.  The value of this option must be the
 # base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
-#html_use_opensearch = ''
+# html_use_opensearch = ''
 
 # This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
-#html_file_suffix = None
+# html_file_suffix = None
 
 # Output file base name for HTML help builder.
 htmlhelp_basename = 'IntroToPythonDoc'
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@
 
 latex_elements = {
 # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
-#'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+# 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
 
 # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
-#'pointsize': '10pt',
+# 'pointsize': '10pt',
 
 # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
-#'preamble': '',
+# 'preamble': '',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
@@ -214,23 +214,23 @@
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
 # the title page.
-#latex_logo = None
+# latex_logo = None
 
 # For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
 # not chapters.
-#latex_use_parts = False
+# latex_use_parts = False
 
 # If true, show page references after internal links.
-#latex_show_pagerefs = False
+# latex_show_pagerefs = False
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#latex_show_urls = False
+# latex_show_urls = False
 
 # Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
-#latex_appendices = []
+# latex_appendices = []
 
 # If false, no module index is generated.
-#latex_domain_indices = True
+# latex_domain_indices = True
 
 
 # -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
-#man_show_urls = False
+# man_show_urls = False
 
 
 # -- Options for Texinfo output -------------------------------------------

slides_sources/source/session01.rst

@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 Session One: Introductions
 **************************
 
-| In which you are introduced to this class, your instructors, your environment
-| and your new best friend, Python.
+Introductions
+=============
+
+In which you are introduced to this class, your instructors, your environment,
+and your new best friend, Python.
+
+|
 
 .. image:: /_static/python.png
     :align: center
@@ -37,15 +42,15 @@ In which we meet each-other
 Your instructors
 ----------------
 
-.. rst-class:: center large
+.. rst-class:: center medium
 
 | Christopher Barker
 | (PythonCHB at gmail dot com)
 |
 
 .. nextslide::
 
-.. rst-class:: center large
+.. rst-class:: center medium
 
 | Maria McKinley
 | (maria at mariakathryn dot net)
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ Your instructors
 Who are you?
 -------------
 
-.. rst-class:: center large
+.. rst-class:: center medium
 
   Tell us a tiny bit about yourself:
 
@@ -153,45 +158,7 @@ Lightning Talks
 
 
 Python Ecosystem
------------------
-
-Python is  Used for:
-
- * CS education (this course!)
- * Application scripting (GIS, GNU Radio, Blender...)
- * Systems administration and "glue"
- * Web applications (Django etc. etc. etc.)
- * Scientific/technical computing (a la MATLAB, R, .... )
- * Software tools (automated software testing, distributed version control, ...)
- * Research (natural language, graph theory, distributed computing, ...)
-
-An unusually large number of niches -- versatile
-
-.. nextslide::
-
-Used by:
-
-* Beginners
-* Professional software developers, computer system administrators, ...
-* Professionals OTHER THAN computer specialists: biologists, urban planners, ....
-
-An unusually large number of types of users -- versatile
-
-You can be productive in Python WITHOUT full-time immersion!
-
-
-Python Features
----------------
-
-Gets many things right:
-
-* Readable -- looks nice, makes sense
-* No ideology about best way to program --  object-oriented programming,  functional, etc.
-* No platform preference -- Windows, Mac, Linux, ...
-* Easy to connect to other languages -- C, Fortran - essential for science/math
-* Large standard library
-* Even larger network of external packages
-* Countless conveniences, large and small, make it pleasant to work with
+================
 
 
 What is Python?
@@ -204,7 +171,6 @@ What is Python?
 * Byte-compiled
 * Interpreted
 
-
 .. nextslide::
 
 .. rst-class:: center large
@@ -215,7 +181,6 @@ But what does that mean?
 Python Features
 ---------------
 
-
 .. rst-class:: build
 
 * Unlike C, C++, C\#, Java ... More like Ruby, Lisp, Perl, Javascript
@@ -339,7 +304,7 @@ Your Command Line (cli)
 
 Having some facility on the command line is important
 
-We won't cover this in class, so if you are not comfortable,
+We won't cover this much in class, so if you are not comfortable,
 please bone up at home.
 
 I suggest running through the **cli** tutorial at "learn code the hard way":
@@ -350,7 +315,7 @@ http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/
 
 Most of the demos in class, etc, will be done using the "bash" command line shell on OS-X. This is identical to the bash shell on Linux.
 
-Windows provides the "DOS" command line, which is OK, but pretty old an limited, or "Power Shell" -- a more modern, powerful, flexible command shell.
+Windows provides the "DOS" command line, which is OK, but pretty old and limited, or "Power Shell" -- a more modern, powerful, flexible command shell.
 
 If you are comfortable with either of these -- go for it.
 
@@ -374,8 +339,21 @@ That last thing you see, ``>>>`` is the "Python prompt".
 
 This is where you type code.
 
+LAB: Getting set up
+-------------------
+
+BEfore we move on -- we need to get all of us on tehsame page, with teh tools we need for class.
+
+You will find instructions for how to get python, etc, up and running on your machine here:
 
-.. nextslide:: Python in the Interpreter
+**Windows:** ::ref:`python_for_windows`
+
+**OS-X:** ::ref:`python_for_mac`
+
+**Linux:** ::ref:`python_for_linux`
+
+Python in the Interpreter
+-------------------------
 
 Try it out:
 

slides_sources/source/supplements/python_for_linux.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _python_for_linux:
+
 ******************************
 Setting Up Python For Linux
 ******************************