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In this section, we'll download everything we need for tomorrow's projects.

==Baby Names==

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===Download the Baby Names project===

You'll be playing with data from the list of all baby names in the US (used more than five times in a year) from the last several years:

# Right click the following file, click "Save Target as...", "Download Linked File as...", or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: https://github.com/CommunityDataScienceCollective/babynames-cdsw/archive/master.zip
# The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. Find CDSW_Babynames-master.zip on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called "CDSW_Babynames-master" containing several files. (Mac users can drag the "CDSW_Babynames-master" folder from Downloads to Desktop). (Windows users can navigate to the Desktop by clicking on "Start", then "Computer", and navigate to your Desktop directory).  If you're using a new Mac, it may change the name of your file from ending in .ipynb to ending in .txt. This will not work: use command-i (get info) and then click on the type section. Remove the .txt at the end of the file name and hit tab -- when your Mac asks you if you want to do this, say yes.

===Test the Baby Names code===
Launch Jupyter Notebook through the Anaconda Navigator and navigate to the "CDSW_Babynames-master" directory where the Baby Names code lives.  Open <code> BabyNames.ipynb</code>. Run the first two cells that read (1):

  import ssadata

And (2):

  for name in ssadata.boys.keys():
      if name == "mako":
          print("There were " + str(ssadata.boys[name]) + " boys named " + name)

You should get the output 

<code>There were 10 boys named mako </code>

If this doesn't work let a mentor know.

====Note: After the first two cells, you can stop: we will work through this notebook in the next session.====

===Success!===

You've completed setup for the Baby Names project. If you are curious, you can try running the next few cells in the notebook too, and check out their output!

==State Capitals==

During the lecture on Saturday, we'll also look at an example Python script that quizzes you on state capitals .

# Save the following file to your Desktop directory: https://communitydata.science/~mako/State_Capitals.ipynb. (Windows users can save the file by right clicking on the file link and choosing "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...".) (Mac users can save the file with Option + Clicking on the link.)

;Tip: ''If you want to keep all your CDSW code together, you can create a new folder on your desktop called "CDSW" and move both this notebook (State_Capitals.ipynb) and the babynames directory (CDSW_Babynames-master) into it.''

==Success!==

You are done downloading the Saturday projects. You can move on to the [[CDSW/Day_0_setup_and_tutorial|next step]].

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