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--- sage:howto [2020/11/20 10:40] – jv
+++ sage:howto [2020/11/28 19:36] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation jv
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-====== Instructions for Working with Sage-Notebooks ======
+====== Getting started with Sage ======
 ===== Install SageMath =====
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    * goto [[https://www.sagemath.org]]
    * click on  **Download 9.2** icon
-   * follow the instructions
+   * follow the instructions \\ beware the package is huge and installation will (potentially) take quite a while
-   * start Sage Notebook server
+   * start Jupyter Notebook server for Sage
-     * **Windows**: open program  **SageMath XX Notebook**
-     * **Linux**:  open a bash shell and run the command
-      sage --notebook=jupyter
+**Windows**: open program
+       SageMath XX Notebook
+**Linux**:  open a shell and run the command
+      sage --notebook=jupyter
+   * look for the Jupyter page in your browser. \\ It should look like the window shown in //Step 2// of the following instruction for downloading and opening the Sage Notebooks that we are providing in this wiki.
 ===== Download and start Notebooks =====
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 and store the file on your computer:
-{{ :sage:download.png?direct&600 |}}
+{{ sage:howto:download.png?direct&600 |}}
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 Open Jupyter on your computer and click upload:
-{{ :sage:upload.png?direct&600 |}}
+{{ sage:howto:upload.png?direct&600 |}}
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 navigate to the file on your hard drive and select for upload:
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+{{ sage:howto:upload2.png?direct&600 |}}
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 select file by left click:
-{{ :sage:open.png?direct&600 |}}
+{{ sage:howto:open.png?direct&600 |}}
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 open the Sage-notebook in a new tab of your browser:
-{{ :sage:run.png?direct&600 |}}
+{{ sage:howto:run.png?direct&600 |}}
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 clicking "run" will run the selected cell.
 Here, the vectors M and D will be defined that specify the position of the reflector:
-{{ :sage:run2.png?direct&600 |}}
+{{ sage:howto:run2.png?direct&600 |}}
 You can copy parts of a cell into a new cell and run them,
 or modify them and see what happens when you run them...
-Have a look at these [[https://wiki.sagemath.org/interact/graphics|examples on the Sage server]]
-and at the solutions of representative problems [[sage:mechanik|on the present Wiki]].
+===== Next Steps =====
+==== Check out example notebooks ====
+   * solutions of representative problems [[sage:mechanics-workshop|on the present Wiki]]
+   * take the [[https://www.sagemath.org/calctut/|Sage Calculus Tutorial]]
+   * examples of [[https://wiki.sagemath.org/interact/graphics|graphics interactions on the Sage server]]
+   * examples of [[https://wiki.sagemath.org/art?action=show&redirect=plot|animations on the SageMath wiki]]
+==== Browse through help pages and tutorials ====
+  * [[https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/tutorial/index.html|Sage Tutorial]]
+  * [[https://www.sagemath.org/tour.html|Sage Feature Tour]]
+  * documentation on [[https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebook.html|Sage Jupyter Notebooks]]
+==== Get the Sage Book ====
+  * the [[http://sagebook.gforge.inria.fr/english.html|Sage book]] is available for free in [[http://dl.lateralis.org/public/sagebook/sagebook-ba6596d.pdf|English]], [[http://www.loria.fr/~zimmerma/sagebook/CalculDeutsch.pdf|German]], and [[http://dl.lateralis.org/public/sagebook/sagebook-web-20130530.pdf|French]].
 Let us know if this description works for you,
-and - if now - where you encountered problems.
+and  —  if not  —  where you encountered problems.
 ~~DISCUSSION~~