This is a place to put general comments.

Always update conda before installing packages. conda update conda conda update --all

When installing packages: Try Conda first. Then try PIP. Then you have to use source. To insall then you will navigate to the directory and do "python setup.py install" from command prompt.

Useful Git commands: git clone https://github.com/treujc/Notebook.git git status git add git commit -m 'Add comments here.' git push git pull git config --global user.name 'treujc'
git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
git config --global core.editor atom git remote -v git checkout master git pull https://github.com/gSchool/ds-week-0.git master Resolve any merge conflicts git commit -a -m 'merged from upstream' git push origin master git checkout --theirs /path/to/file
git checkout --ours /path/to/file
git log filename #this will allow you to git checkout hash to revert to a point in time.
Then you need to add it and commit
git add /path/to/file
git commit -m 'fixed merge'
git push Note: When you want to make changes to a GitHub repository you will need to fork it. To view the always current version of the repository clone it.

Some useful bash commands: rmdir "removes a directory."" rm -rf "removes a directory and all its contents."

Remember the D.R.Y. principal. Don't Repeat Yourself!

Super useful python documentation! pydoc csv.reader

Inside ipython: %timeit #use at the beginning of the line to test for speed.