Python Introduction

2023W 070128-1 Methodological course - Analyzing Central Europe's Intellectual Heritage

General Shortcuts

Ctrl + Shift + X: extension manager

Ctrl + Shift + P: command palette

Ctrl + Shift + G: source control view

Repository Setup

1. fork this repository in GitLab to have a private copy
2. open VS Code
3. clone git repository via command palette: Git: Clone

• use https and not ssh with your username and password
• if asked, open cloned repository in a new window

4. download an image from the internet and add it to this readme
5. make a git commit via the source control view and push the changes to GitLab

Python Setup

1. create virtual environment .venv via command palette: Python: Create environment
2. install project requirements

• open a new terminal via menu: (Terminal > New Terminal)
• verify you are using the virtual environment
• install dependencies via python packet manager pip install -r requirements.txt
• list the installed packages via python packet manager pip freeze
• close the terminal

3. open the first Jupyter Notebook and install package if needed

Part 1 - Web Resources

This notebooks gives an introduction how to us data sources from the internet using the requests library.

Part 2 - XML Data

Parsing and analysis of TEI-XML data using lxml library.

Part 3 - CSV Data

Analysis of spreadsheets with pandas data frames.

Part 4 - Image Data

Manipulation of images with Pillow and object detection using ultralytics