This repository demonstrates a simple use case of dask for the evening of python coding

To install:

1. Copy the files in this repository to a directory of choice
2. Install Anaconda from https://www.anaconda.com/download/
3. install dask and distributed: conda install dask distributed -c conda-forge

Dependant libraries are: dask, distributed

It is recommended you use Anaconda, yet other python environments should work as well This code was tested on Windows 10 Python 3.7.3 with dask 1.2.2 distributed 1.28.0

python DaskDemo.py

• Arguments are optional, if the user specifies no arguments, the program will run locally

python DaskDemo.py

• If the user specifies no arguments, the program will run locally

1. Define a local scheduler:

   dask-scheduler --host 127.0.0.1

2. Define workers

   dask-worker 127.0.0.1:8786 --nprocs=4

3. Launch a browser and open the dask status viewer address

   http://127.0.0.1:8787/status

4. Launch the program

   python DaskDemo.py 127.0.0.1:8786 1000

• DaskDemo.py : Demo python file
• LICENSE : The license file
• Readme.md : The file that you are reading now

Please pass questions to:

Jacob Barhak Ph.D. [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/jacobbarhak/

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