README.md

# README

Material related to the SIS machine learning workshop.

## Setting up the conda environment on personal computers

* **Install conda**
https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/

* **Install the environment**
  * On Linux or Mac:
  Open a terminal and navigate to the workshop git repository
  Run the command: `conda env create -f environment.yml`
  * On Windows
    * Open the Anaconda Navigator
    * Go to Environments
    * Select Import at the bottom and specify the following
      * Any name that you would like
      * Specification File: Select the environment.yml file

* **Check installation**

  * On **Linux**/**Mac** - open a terminal

  * On **Windows** - open Anaconda prompt

and run the following commands:
~~~~
conda activate machine_learning_workshop
jupyter notebook
~~~~

(For some versions of Anaconda on **Windows** you might have to run just **activate machine_learning_workshop** intead of **conda activate ...**)


in case your installation worked your browser should open jupyter.