nestlings

An ipython-notebook tutorial for nest, the spiking neural network simulator

Requirements

iPython

The tutorials can be viewed using ipython. Refer to http://ipython.org/install.html for installation instructions.

Python pip, the package manager

Installation instructions can be found here: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html

Python scientific libraries

pip can be used to install these python packages through the terminal:

pip install numpy
pip install scipy
pip install matplotlib
pip install ggplot
pip install uuid

Nest, the spiking neural network simulator

For help with installation of nest, see http://www.nest-initiative.org/Software:Installation

Launch the tutorials

Launch ipython notebook through the terminal after navigating to this repository folder:

cd nestlings
ipython notebook --pylab inline