JupyterHub

This page will help you get set up to use Python and JupyterHub, a data science and programming interface.

Setting Up JupyterHub

  1. Navigate to the CIS JupyterHub.
  2. Log in with your W&J username (the part of your email address before the @). Whatever password you enter for the first time will become your password. KEEP TRACK OF WHAT YOU ENTERED SO THAT YOU DON’T GET LOCKED OUT!
  3. Bookmark this page so you can always get back to JupyterHub.
  4. That’s it! You can use this site from any machine, and as long as you save your work, your files will follow you everywhere.

Managing Files

  1. On the left side of the screen you’ll see a list of all the files in your JupyterHub. This won’t show anything yet because you don’t have any files yet.
  2. To create a new blank Notebook file, you can always click the blue + button and select Python 3 under Notebook.
  3. The button with a folder and a + on it will let you create a new subfolder. You can then drag files into or out of the various folders. You can organize things however you want, but I recommend developing an organization strategy early that works for you. By the end of the term we’ll have a lot of files! You might create a folder for “workshops” and a folder for “class”, for example.

Now you’re ready to begin!

n.b. We’re still experimenting with JupyterHub. If you experience any problems with how it works (e.g. it runs really slowly, files go missing, really anything that seems odd), let me know right away. You can always run Jupyter locally on your own laptop or on any of our classroom or lab computers. See this page for instructions on working with Jupyter locally.