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Author: brtiller1

labs/coding-204-reading-a-file/2.md

@@ -28,20 +28,21 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Create a folder for this lab.
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-204\{yourname}".  Enter command:  **mkdir Coding-204\{yourname}**
+      * where {yourname} is replaced by your first name.
+2. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
-2. Create a new text file.
+3. Create a new text file.
     * Enter some text.
-3. Create a folder for this lab.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-101\yourname"
 4. Save your new text file in your folder.
 5. Create another new text file.
 6. Copy paste the code above into the file.
 7. Save the file with the extension **.py** in the your new directory.  For example, **read-file.py**.
 8. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 9. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **read-file.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-204\{yourname}**
 10. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 read-file.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 read-file.py**
@@ -61,4 +62,3 @@ You should see a result like this:
 
 ### Things to Try
 * What happens if you have a typo in the name of the file?  
-

labs/coding-204-reading-a-file/3.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Step 3. Read one line at a time
 Sometimes, it is useful to read the data from a file one line at a time.
- 
+
 We can use the **.readline()** method to read one line at a time.
 
 Here is some code that reads only the first line of the text file.
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 2. Open your **read-file.py** file that you created in step 2.
 3. Modify your code to use **.readline()** instead of **.read()**.
 4. Save your file.
 5. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 6. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **read-file.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-204\yourname**
 7. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 read-file.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 read-file.py**

labs/coding-204-reading-a-file/4.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Step 4. Read the file one line at a time using a loop
 Sometimes, it is useful to read the data from a file one line at a time and use a loop to keep repeating the operation until you have read the entire file.
- 
+
 We can use a file object and a **for** loop to move through the file.
 
 ```python
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ x=1
 for line in my_file_object:
     print ("Line " + str(x) + ": " + line)
     x += 1
-    
+
 my_file_object.close()
 
 ```
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 2. Open your **read-file.py** file that you created in step 2.
 3. Modify your code to use the loop above.
 4. Save your file.
 5. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 6. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **read-file.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-204\yourname**
 7. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 read-file.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 read-file.py**

labs/coding-204-reading-a-file/5.md

@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 2. Open your **read-file.py** file that you created in step 2.
 3. Modify your code to use the with statement and loop above.
 4. Save your file.
 5. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 6. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **read-file.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-204\yourname**
 7. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 read-file.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 read-file.py**
@@ -58,4 +58,3 @@ This is the second line. Yep, this is the second line.
 You should see a result like this:
 
 ![](/posts/files/coding-204-reading-a-file/step5-results.jpg)
-

labs/coding-204-reading-a-file/6.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Step 6. Read JSON from a file 
+## Step 6. Read JSON from a file
 If you are using REST APIs, see [Coding 101: Rest Basics Learning Lab](/#/labs/coding-101-rest-basics/step/1) for more info, you often have the need to load some JSON from a file.
 
 We can use the same techniques that we used in the previous steps to help us read JSON from a file.
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 * Use **json.loads()** to load the contents of the file into a json object
 * Now, you have the contents of the file in memory in a json object and you can loop through and manipulate the JSON as usual.
     * See [Coding 202 Parsing JSON](/#/labs/coding-202-parsing-json/step/1) for more information on how to parse JSON.
-    
+
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 2. Create a new text file.
     * Copy/paste the JSON from above into the file.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ To run this code sample:
 7. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 8. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **read-file-json.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-204\yourname**
 9. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 read-file-json.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 read-file-json.py**
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ Using the example JSON file above:
 
 You should see a result like this:
 
-![](/posts/files/coding-201-reading-a-file/step6-results.jpg)
+![](/posts/files/coding-204-reading-a-file/step6-results.jpg)
 
 ### Things to Try
 * Can you display the tags for each device?
-

labs/coding-205-writing-file-ga/2.md

@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ To run this code sample:
 1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 3. Create a folder for this lab.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-205\yourname".
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-205\yourname".  Enter command: `mkdir Coding-205\{yourname}`
+      * where {yourname} is replaced by your first name.
 6. Copy/paste the code above into your new file.
 7. Save the file with the extension **.py** in your new directory.  For example, **write-file.py**.
 8. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 9. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **write-file.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-205\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, `cd Coding-205\{yourname}`
 10. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 write-file.py** or type: **python write-file.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 write-file.py**

labs/coding-205-writing-file-ga/5.md

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ To run this code sample:
 3. Save the file. If encoding type is an option select **UTF-8**.
 4. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and press the return key.
     * *On Windows type*: **py -3 write-json-to-file.py**.  Or type: **python write-json-to-file.py**
-    * *On Mac OS or Linux type*: **python3 create-device-list.py**
+    * *On Mac OS or Linux type*: **python3 write-json-to-file.py**
 5. The program should execute or display an error message.
 
 

labs/coding-206-logging/2.md

@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ The default level is **WARNING**, which means that only events of this level and
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 3. Create a folder for this lab.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-101\yourname".
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-206\yourname".
 6. Copy/paste the code above into your new file.
 7. Save the file with the extension **.py** in your new directory.  For example, **simple-logging.py**.
 8. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 9. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **simple-logging.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-206\yourname**
 10. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 simple-logging.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 simple-logging.py**
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ With the logging level set to 'info', you should see a result like this:
 ![](/posts/files/coding-206-logging/step2b-results.jpg)
 
 ### Things to Try
-* Experiment with using the different levels to log and display messages
+* Experiment with using the different levels to log and display messages

labs/coding-206-logging/3.md

@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 3. Create a folder for this lab.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-101\yourname".
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-206\yourname".
 6. Copy/paste the code above into your new file.
 7. Save the file with the extension **.py** in your new directory.  For example, **logging-step3.py**.
 8. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 9. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **logging-step3.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-206\yourname**
 10. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 logging-step3.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 logging-step3.py**
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ Now open the file **mylog.log**.  You should see a result like the following:
 
 ### Things to Try
 * Experiment with using the different levels to log and display messages
-* Try running the program multiple times.  Is the log file overwritten or appended to?
+* Try running the program multiple times.  Is the log file overwritten or appended to?

labs/coding-206-logging/4.md

@@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ Let's look at what is going on in the code.
 * We've add some new things to the **logging.basicConfig** statement.
     * **format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s:** adds the time and level name to the front of each message
     * **datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p'** specifies the date/time format to use when displaying the date.
-    
+
 ### Give it a try!
 
 To run this code sample:
-1. Open a text editor. 
+1. Open a text editor.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, open Notepad++ (Start Menu -> Notepad++)
 3. Create a folder for this lab.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-101\yourname".
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, create a folder in "C:\Coding-206\yourname".
 6. Copy/paste the code above into your new file.
 7. Save the file with the extension **.py** in your new directory.  For example, **logging-step4.py**.
 8. Delete the **mylog.log** file that you created in the previous step.
 9. Open a command prompt.
     * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, (Start --> Command Prompt)
 10. At the command line, go to the directory where you saved the **logging-step4.py** file.
-    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-101\yourname**
+    * *On a DevNet Learning Lab PC*, **cd C:\Coding-206\yourname**
 11. Type the python command and then the filename at the command prompt, and hit return.
     * *On Windows*, **py -3 logging-step4.py**
     * *On Mac OS or Linux*, **python3 logging-step4.py**
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ Now open the file **mylog.log**.  You should see a result like the following:
 ![](/posts/files/coding-206-logging/step4-results.jpg)
 
 ### Things to Try
-* Experiment with different format options - you can read more about the format options [here](https://docs.python.org/3/howto/logging.html#changing-the-format-of-displayed-messages).
+* Experiment with different format options - you can read more about the format options [here](https://docs.python.org/3/howto/logging.html#changing-the-format-of-displayed-messages).