GitHub Codespaces is a cloud computing service provided by GitHub. It provides a preconfigured computing environment with all the necessary packages installed, allowing you to start coding immediately from any device and operating system. This is a significant advantage over Google Colab, as Colab requires you to install packages each time, whereas GitHub Codespaces eliminates this need. See the following the instruction below to launch your Github Codespace.

1. Prerequisite
   • GitHub account
   • Some familiarity with VSCode
2. Fork the course repo
   • See here for how to fork a repo
3. Open the forked repo, and launch your Codespace
   • Run a default Codespace - YouTube
4. Done. You are ready to go!
   • Try running the first assignment, assignments/m01/assignment.ipynb. The python environment is venv. It should be able to be run without any problem. Don't forget to specify the Python environment!

Note:

1. Codespace is currently being experimented for this course, and the packages and configurations of the codespaces may be subject to change during the course if necessary. An announcement will be made if any configuration changes are required.
2. I'd strongly encourage you to download the important files. All data are deleted if you delete the codespace. See here for details.

Google Colab

How to run python notebooks directly from github | github tutorial | google colab github - YouTube

Other cloud computing service

• https://anaconda.cloud/code-in-the-cloud