Lab 1: Introduction to Python and JES

CIS account application

What is digital media?

• Impressionism
• Pointillism and Seurat
• Your computer monitor

pixel:

PICture ELement or an individual color dot on the computer screen

analogue:

continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure. Or, something that flows.

digitization:

Process of encoding media into tiny computer-friendly bits. Or, breaking up something with a continuous flow into enough tiny bits that it looks just like the real thing

Installing Python and JES

Installing Python

1. Go to http://www.python.org in a web browser
2. Click the "DOWNLOAD" link on the left side-bar
3. Click the "current production version" link near the top of the page
4. Scroll down that page and look for the "For x86 processors" line with a link to "python-2.5.2.msi" or whatever is listed for the x86 processor family
5. After you download the file, double click it and go through the installation process

Installing JES

1. Insert the software CD.
2. Double-click "My Computer" or open it from the "Start" menu.
3. Open the CD drive (probably D:) by double-clicking it.
4. Double-click on the content folder to open it.
5. Double-click on the JES Software folder to open it.
6. Double-click on the Windows folder to open it.
If YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CD go here and download JES.zip file. Unzip it and follow the next step.
7. Copy the folder called "JES" from inside the Windows folder onto your C: drive.
8. Open the new JES folder on your computer.
9. Note: There is no installation process for JES.
10. To open JES, double-click on the snake icon titled "JES". It may take a (possibly very long) minute for JES to get started.