Exercise 2 in the console

Creating attributes

Create an attribute named pctHISP that reports the percentage of the tract’s total population that is Hispanic.

Creating attributes

Create an attribute named majHISP that takes a value of 1 if pctHISP > 0.50, 0 otherwise

Cloning a layer (saving the original)

Handling Paths

Windows

Mac OS X

Exercise 4

Program requirements (URL)

Approach

• Plan the workflow (don’t just jump in writing code)
• Break workflow into discrete, tractable steps
• Work on one stage at a time
• Use the console prompt to test ideas

Philosophy

• Complexity -> simplicity
• Make it work
• Make it right
• Make it fast (optional in this course)

Next up

• Exercise 4 continued.