πŸ“… 2023-02-22 β€” Session: Converted Jupyter Notebooks to PDFs and Troubleshot Errors

πŸ•’ 14:55–15:45
🏷️ Labels: Jupyter, Pdf Conversion, Nbconvert, Command-Line, Automation
πŸ“‚ Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The main goal of this session was to convert Jupyter Notebooks to PDF format while maintaining the directory structure and to troubleshoot any errors encountered during the process.

Key Activities

  • Discussed the impact of parameter p1 on treatment assignment and ATE estimation, focusing on its role as a potential confounding variable.
  • Provided a command to convert all .ipynb files in subdirectories to PDFs using nbconvert, and saved them in a β€˜mirror’ directory.
  • Addressed troubleshooting steps for nbconvert command errors, including command verification and directory checks.
  • Utilized the find command to target only files for conversion, resolving errors related to directory conversion.
  • Demonstrated the use of the tree command with the -L option to display and print subdirectories, saving the output to tree.txt.
  • Communicated with the team about code uploads to Dropbox and offered to improve code communication.

Achievements

  • Successfully converted Jupyter Notebooks to PDFs while preserving the directory structure.
  • Resolved errors related to the nbconvert command by refining the command usage.
  • Enhanced team communication regarding code uploads and directory structures.

Pending Tasks

  • Schedule a call with Eric to discuss further improvements in code communication and directory management.