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Dear Students,
I’m writing to tell you about an update to the curriculum for the Applied Data Science Lab. This update will upgrade your virtual machine from Python 3.8 to 3.11. It also has several improvements to the curriculum and grading functionality.
How will this affect you?
1. Updated Notebooks
For projects that you’ve already completed or have not started yet, there will be no changes. For projects that you’re currently working on, you may see a new notebook appear on your virtual machine.
For example, if you’re working on the project 2 assignment, you might see two versions of the file, one with the normal name (025-assignment.ipynb) and one with a name that includes a timestamp (025-assignment.2022-03-14T18-56-24-805Z.ipynb). The file with the timestamp is the old version of the notebook. It will have all the work you’ve done so far. If you’ve already successfully completed tasks using that notebook, they will continue to count as correct. The other file will be the new version. We suggest you start working in it as soon as you see it.
2. Updated JupyterLab
We’ve also updated to the latest version of JupyterLab, the environment in which you do your coding. By default, the new version doesn’t automatically close brackets. However, you can enable this option by going to the Settings menu and selecting Auto Close Brackets.
If you have any questions, please let us know. Thanks to everyone for their feedback as we build up and improve the lab. Happy learning!
Best,
Nicholas
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