# Data Science Workflow # This repository explores through examples how to use the command line in an efficient and productive way for data science tasks. Learning to obtain, scrub, explore, and model your data. # Introduction # During this examples your will learn how to: (*i*) run docker containers, (*ii*) use the command line, (*iii*) run a basic application. ## Docker ## Let us introduce docker, the first platform to make data science. Docker is a tool that allows developers, sys-admins or data-scientist to easily deploy their applications in a sandbox (**called containers**) to run on a host *operating system i.e. Linux*. The key benefit of Docker is that it allows users to package an application with all of its dependencies into a standardized unit for software development. Unlike virtual machines, containers do not have high overhead and hence enable more efficient usage of the underlying system and resources.[^1] ### Installing and using the Docker image ### Docker pull We recommend that you create a new directory, navigate to this new directory, and then run the following when you’re on macOS or Linux: ``` shell $ docker run --rm -it -v`pwd`:/data datascienceworkshops/data-science-at-the-command-line ``` Or the following when you’re on Windows and using the command line: ``` shell $ docker run --rm -it -v %cd%:/data datascienceworkshops/data-science-at-the-command-line ``` Or the following when you’re using Windows PowerShell: ``` shell $ docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/data datascienceworkshops/data-science-at-the-command-line ``` In the above commands, the option -v instructs docker to map the current directory to the /data directory inside the container, so this is the place to get data in and out of the Docker container. # Notes # - [ ] Make an container with Ubuntu 18.04 - [ ] Packages to install: csvkit, [^1]: Docker for beginners, https://docker-curriculum.com/.