FDS S1 Week 4 Formative visualisation excercise

Important: how to run Jupyter so you can submit the exercise

This exercise (and Coursework 1) require you to submit a PDF to Gradescope. The PDF needs to be generated in a particular way, which uses LaTeX behind the scenes.

The recommended way of generating this format is to use Notable with the Jupyter Classic (Legacy) notebook server.

Due to an upgrade at the start of Semester 1, the default server in Noteable does not work.

The instructions for running labs work need to be changed by selecting the Jupyter Classic (Legacy) notebook server:

1. Go to the FDS Learn page and navigate to Books & Tools.

2. Click on the Noteable link.

3. Noteable will automatically open in a new tab. The next screen may say "Loading...". There may also be a message saying "Your browser may have blocked the opening of the new window; try clicking the button below to open 'Noteable'." If so, click on the button.

4. Once Noteable has loaded, you should see text saying "Please select a personal notebook server". Ensure Jupyter Classic (Legacy) is selected and click Start.

To get the visualisation exercise into Noteable, use the +GitRepo button to clone https://github.com/Inf2-FDS/FDS-S1-04-visualisation-exercise .

How do I get out of the wrong notebook server?

If you have managed to start the standard notebook server (JupyterLab), you can switch to the Jupyter Classic (Legacy) server by clicking on the Noteable link at the top right of the screen (see screenshot below), closing the server and starting Jupyter Classic (Legacy).