This Library will be used to illustrate examples in class and/or to share templates for extended homework or projects.

• Maintained (i.e. continuously updated) versions will be housed on GitHub

This class will use open source Python software, with the preconfigured suite Anaconda being the only version supported for classwork. Anaconda is free of charge, and can be installed on any operating system (i.e. Windows, OSX and Linux).

• To install, follow this link and select Python 3.7 as the version to download and install.
• Once the installation has finished, open a Jupyter notebook: see instructions
• To install Cantera (an open source software package we will use for class), run the following from within a Jupyter notebook:

!conda install -y -c cantera cantera

• This process is also illustrated in the following notebook: install_cantera.

In order to keep class resources up to date, you can either download things from Gitlab repeatedly, or, alternatively, use git, which is a tool that allows you to retrieve the latest version of class resources without creating excessive clutter. Installation depends on your operating system:

• Windows: follow the download link, which provides a simple command line tool. During installation, follow instructions; it is likely sufficient to leave everything on default settings.

• OSX: Apple maintains a git within their XCode suite. Open a terminal (type terminal in the finder and it will open), and use git --help, after which OSX will offer to install XCode for you.

• Linux: use your package manager to install git (contact me on slack if there are questions)

Irrespective of operating system, you will use git from the command line (either Git Bash or a Terminal). Launch the terminal and locate yourself by typing

pwd

which yields your current location, most likely /c/Users/<your_user_name> (Windows) or similar, i.e. your user directory within the operating system.

Now change onto your Desktop and clone the repository using

cd Desktop
git clone [email protected]:ischoegl/me4443-combustion-fall2020.git

which will place the class folder on your Desktop. (*Note: if you have a Gitlab account, this will also work: git clone [email protected]:ischoegl/me4443-combustion-fall2020.git)

In order to update to a newer version of the course documents (e.g. once another assignment is posted), issue

cd me4443-combustion-fall2020
git pull

Important: whenever you start working on your homework solutions, save your notebooks under a different filename, as the above command will discard local changes.

On windows, launch the Anaconda Prompt (which lands you inside your user folder, e.g. C:\Users\<your_user_name>). Now navigate to where the course files are located, i.e.

cd Desktop\me4443-combustion-fall2020

Now, launch jupyter

jupyter notebook

and navigate wherever you need to go.

Important: as mentioned above, do not modify the files that are provided, but make copies instead. I.e. use File > Make a Copy ... from within Jupyter to ensure that your modifications are not overwritten whenever you update the files for the next assignment ...