The following documents and resources are useful for CS-1004 this term:
Graphics package
The graphics package described in Chapter 4 of the textbook can be downloaded from http://web.cs.wpi.edu/~cs1004/a14/Resources/graphics.py. This is the same package made available by the author at his web site, described on p. 479.
Windows
Installation Guide and Installers
The installation guide can be found at the following links
in .docx format and .pdf
format. It expands on the installation instructions provided in Appendix B of
the textbook, Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 2nd
edition, by John Zelle.
It is a good idea to print out the installation guide,
because just when you need it most, a key instruction is likely to be obscured by a windows or dialog box of one of the installers.
Windows Installers
The 32-bit version of Python 3.4 is here:
The numpy 1.8.1 and matplotlib 1.3.1 installers are here:
Windows/numpy-1.8.1-win32-superpack-python3.4.exe
Windows/matplotlib-1.3.1.win32-py3.4.exe
In order to run matplotlib, you also need to install the following supporting packages, even though you may not ever use any of their features:
Windows/python-dateutil-2.2.win32-py3.4.exe
Windows/pyparsing-2.0.2.win32-py3.4.exe
Windows/pytz-2014.4.win32-py3.4.exe
Windows/six-1.7.3.win32-py3.4.exe
The following text file summarizes the contents of the installation directory for Windows:
Macintosh and Linux
Installation Guide and Installers
The Macintosh and Linux installation guide can be found at
the following links in .docx format and .pdf
format. It expands on the installation instructions provided in Appendix B of
the textbook, Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 2nd
edition, by John Zelle.
It is a good idea to print out the installation guide,
because just when you need it most, a key instruction is likely to be obscured by a windows or dialog box of one of the installers.
Macintosh Installers
The following installer supports both 32- and 64-bit Macintosh computers:
Macintosh/python-3.4.1-macosx10.6.dmg
You also need to update ActiveTcl (which is already part of Mac OS X) to be compatible with Python 3.4.1:
Macintosh/ActiveTcl8.5.15.1.297588-macosx10.5-i386-x86_64-threaded.dmg
The numpy 1.8.1 and matplotlib 1.3.1 installers for Mac OS X 32-bit and 64-bit systems are here:
Macintosh/numpy-1.8.1-cp34-cp34m-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl
Macintosh/matplotlib-1.3.1-cp34-cp34m-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl
Both of these must be installed using the sudo pip3 install command from a command Terminal. They will automatically download and install supporting packages as necessary.
The following text file summarizes the contents of the installation directory for Mac OS X:
Linux Installers
No separate installers are provided for Python, numpy, and matplotlib. Instead, these should all be downloaded by and installed using the software distribution tool with your Linux desktop distribution. The installation guide uses Ubuntu 14.04 as a Linux example; this should serve as a pattern for other Linux systems.