CS110

Introduction to Computing



Swami Iyer · CS · UMB

Programming Environment Setup

Select Your Operating System

Ubuntu Linux

Launch a terminal and run the following commands:

Change to your home folder.

$ cd $HOME

Install python3-pip and python3-tk.

$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-tk

Install numpy and pygame.

$ pip3 install numpy pygame

Create lib and workspace folders.

$ mkdir lib workspace

Download stdlib-python.zip.

$ wget https://www.cs.umb.edu/~siyer/teaching/stdlib-python.zip

Unzip stdlib-python.zip under ~/lib.

$ unzip stdlib-python.zip -d lib

Remove stdlib-python.zip.

$ rm stdlib-python.zip

Set the environment variable PYTHONPATH.

$ echo "export PYTHONPATH=.:$HOME/lib/stdlib-python" >> $HOME/.bashrc

Download and install Visual Studio Code (aka VSCode).

Launch VSCode, click on the Extensions icon on the left sidebar, search for the Python extension and install it.

To test your environment, download and unzip ipp.zip under ~/workspace, launch VSCode, open the folder ~/workspace/ipp, and run the following commands in the VSCode terminal (can be launched by selecting Terminal → New Terminal):

$ python3 helloworld.py 

$ python3 bouncingball.py 

$ python3 playthattune.py < data/looney.txt

Mac OS X

Launch a terminal and run the following commands:

Change to your home folder.

$ cd $HOME

Install brew.

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Install python-tk and wget.

$ brew install python-tk wget

Install numpy and pygame.

$ pip3 install numpy pygame --break-system-packages

Create lib and workspace folders.

$ mkdir lib workspace

Download stdlib-python.zip.

$ wget https://www.cs.umb.edu/~siyer/teaching/stdlib-python.zip

Unzip stdlib-python.zip under ~/lib.

$ unzip stdlib-python.zip -d lib

Remove stdlib-python.zip.

$ rm stdlib-python.zip

Set the environment variable PYTHONPATH.

$ echo "export PYTHONPATH=.:$HOME/lib/stdlib-python" >> $HOME/.zshenv

Download Visual Studio Code (aka VSCode), unzip the file, and move the extracted application into the Applications folder.

Launch VSCode, click on the Extensions icon on the left sidebar, search for the Python extension and install it.

To test your environment, download and unzip ipp.zip under ~/workspace, launch VSCode, open the folder ~/workspace/ipp, and run the following commands in the VSCode terminal (can be launched by selecting Terminal → New Terminal):

$ python3 helloworld.py 

$ python3 bouncingball.py 

$ python3 playthattune.py < data/looney.txt

Windows

Install Python 3, making sure you have checked the box that says Add Python 3.x to PATH.

Launch a powershell terminal and run the following commands:

Change to your home folder.

$ cd $HOME

Install numpy and pygame.

$ pip3 install numpy pygame

Create lib and workspace folders.

$ mkdir lib,workspace

Download stdlib-python.zip.

$ wget -O stdlib-python.zip https://www.cs.umb.edu/~siyer/teaching/stdlib-python.zip

Unzip stdlib-python.zip under ~/lib.

$ Expand-Archive -LiteralPath stdlib-python.zip -DestinationPath lib

Remove stdlib-python.zip.

$ rm stdlib-python.zip

Set the environment variable PYTHONPATH.

$ setx PYTHONPATH ".;$HOME\lib\stdlib-python"

Download and install Visual Studio Code (aka VSCode).

Launch VSCode, click on the Extensions icon on the left sidebar, search for the Python extension and install it.

To test your environment, download and unzip ipp.zip under ~/workspace, launch VSCode, open the folder ~/workspace/ipp, and run the following commands in the VSCode terminal (can be launched by selecting Terminal → New Terminal):

$ python.exe helloworld.py 

$ python.exe bouncingball.py 

$ Get-Content data/looney.txt | python.exe playthattune.py