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SciPy 2017 Cython Tutorial

2017-06-26 NOTE: the Windows-specific instructions below are untested. If you are a Windows-using tutorial-ee, please provide feedback (pull-request, email the author, tutorial slack channel) and corrections, thank you!

End goal

We need just a few things set up for this tutorial:

  • The contents of this repository.
  • A CPython interpreter (Python 3).
  • The Cython package (version 0.25) and a few other dependencies (see requirements_conda.txt).
  • A working C / C++ compiler.

It's the last requirement that can be a challenge, depending on your platform / OS. The standard GCC / clang compiler that is available on Linux / Mac (respectively) will work fine. Windows can be more of a challenge.

In an effort to make things more uniform, we are using a docker container that bundles everything together except for the contents of this repository.

Setup Instructions

  • Clone this repository and cd into it:
$ git clone [email protected]:kwmsmith/scipy-2017-cython-tutorial.git
$ cd scipy-2017-cython-tutorial
  • If you've cloned earlier, git pull on the master branch to ensure you have the latest updates:
$ git pull

The tutorial has a few one-time requirements which we describe below.

One-stop-shop via Jupyter docker containers

The jupyter project has convenient self-contained docker containers with everything we need for this tutorial. We recommend this method provided you can install and use a recent version of docker on your platform. This path will ensure you have a functional environment that matches the one used by the instructor.

  • Install Docker for your OS.
  • Mac / Linux: Open up a terminal and execute
$ ./launch-container.sh

Leave this terminal as-is and do not exit the running docker session.

Verify that your container is running by opening a separate terminal and running

$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                    COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                    NAMES
deadbeef            jupyter/scipy-notebook   "tini -- start-not..."   7 minutes ago       Up 7 minutes        0.0.0.0:8888->8888/tcp   cython-tutorial

You should see output like the above, with a different CONTAINER ID. Importantly, you should see cython-tutorial under the NAMES column. You will see more than one row if you have other docker containers running.

  • Windows: Open up a powershell and run
$ launch-container.bat 

This will download an run the Jupyter scipy notebook docker image, and launch a notebook server.

  • If successful, jupyter will publish a URI like
http://localhost:8888/?token=5f369cf87f26b0a3e4756e4b28bbd9deadbeef
  • Visit this URI in your browser, you should see the home page of a Jupyter notebook server, with a list of all files in this repository.

  • Open the test-setup ipython notebook, and execute all cells. All should execute without error or exception.

  • In a separate terminal (Mac / Linux) or powershell (Windows) window, navigate to this directory and run the docker-test-xtension.sh command (Mac / Linux) or the docker-test-xtension.bat command (Windows).

  • You should see output like:

$ ./docker-test-xtension.sh
running build_ext
building 'xtension.foo' extension
gcc -pthread -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/opt/conda/include/python3.5m -c xtension/foo.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.5/xtension/foo.o
gcc -pthread -shared -L/opt/conda/lib -Wl,-rpath=/opt/conda/lib,--no-as-needed build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.5/xtension/foo.o -L/opt/conda/lib -lpython3.5m -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.5/xtension/foo.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.5/xtension/foo.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so -> xtension
***********************************************************
sys.executable: /opt/conda/bin/python
cython version: 0.25.2
xtension module test (31.415926): 31.415926
***********************************************************
  • If you see an error like Error: No such container: cython-tutorial, then you likely shut down the docker container before running the test. Re-launch the container (./launch-container.sh) and in a separate terminal run the docker-test-xtension.sh script again.

Platform-specific (non-docker) setup instructions

These instructions are for those who can't or don't want to use the recommended docker-based installation above.

Mac-specific setup (non-docker)

  • Ensure you already have XCode / Mac OS developer tools / command line tools installed; if not, do so for your version of Mac OS. Check your install by running the following from the commandline:
$  gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

Linux-specific setup (non-docker)

  • Ensure you have the packages necessary for gcc and related headers for your distribution. Check that you have a recent version of gcc installed:
$  gcc --version

Windows-specific setup (non-docker)

NOTE: untested -- please provide feedback!

General setup after compiler / dev tools are installed (non-docker)

  • If you haven't already, install Miniconda.

  • Create a cython-tutorial environment for this tutorial, using the requirements_conda.txt file provided:

$ conda create --yes -n cython-tutorial --file ./requirements_conda.txt
$ source activate cython-tutorial
  • Launch a jupyter notebook server
$ jupyter notebook
  • Open the test-setup notebook and run all cells. All should execute without error or exception.

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