Quick-start

Pre-requisites

Install the Pathbird author command-line tool

Create a notebook from scratch

Create a new Jupyter notebook

Upload a notebook to Pathbird

Adding exercises to a codex

Example

Basic text analysis using OKCupid data

This codex features basic text analysis in a sociological context by analyzing OKCupid profile data with respect to demographic data. It includes a few example of different exercise types.

WordFrequencies.zip

Authoring a codex

§In Pathbird, a codex is the thing that you author and that your students work on.

The current method of authoring codices is based on Jupyter notebooks (an industry standard tool) with some additional syntax to enable greater interactivity and experiential learning.

Codex syntax reference

Adding packages

Language setup

Python

Julia

R (work in progress, not supported yet)