Personal Log

This exercise has two aims:

• to introduce you to Jupyter's markdown language and give you an opportunity to experiment with its key features,
• to make a start on a Personal Log which you are encouraged to re-visit and extend throughout your studies on this module.

Jupyter notebooks provide a convenient and flexible medium for keeping track of information related to any kind of project. Although geared towards creating annotations related to programs, the markdown syntax is a general way of organising and formating textual information, and provides many useful features such as the ability to embed images, create hyperlinks and incorporate other powerful formating languages such as HTML and LaTeX.

To get started, select this cell and press the Enter key. You should then see the Markdown content of the cell, which is a combination of text and formatting instructions. To convert back to the formatted version press Ctrl-Enter, or Shift-Enter to format and step to the next cell (or click Run on the menu above).

Exercise Details

Starting with this file you should create a personal log of all your work on the module. In particular you should do the following:

• Choose or create a main folder in which you are going do keep all your work for this module.
• Copy this file to that folder.
• Open this file in Jupyter notebook
• Look at the cells below and follow the instructions.
• Delete this cell.
• Save your newly created Personal Log notebook.
• Remember to add new notes and links to this Log file as you progress through the course!

Dear Diary, ...

In this cell write a brief account of what you are doing on the day you start this Log and how your course has been going so far.

Try using italic and bold fonts to emphasise key words and phrases.

Get Connected

In this cell create a list of useful links to other resources you have found and may want to refer to again. You could start with the following.

• Programming for Datascience web page

• The official Jupyter Markdown documentation

Investigate and Experiment

Find out about other features of Markdown and their use in Jupyter. Create some examples of features you think may be useful for you. For instance you could try some of the following:

• Using different sized headings
• Nested bullet lists
• Adding HTML formatting commands
• Creating tables
• Using LaTex to display formulae
• Inserting images