Setting up

In this pre-tutorial, you will learn (a bit) about:

• Creating a VS Code project
• Setting up a workflow file for Julia
• Retrieving the data necessary for the following tutorials

These are simply some set-up steps to get you ready for the rest of the tutorials. Do not skip these steps!

Let's get started!

Create a VS Code project

Make sure you have Julia installed, as well as the Julia extension in VS Code.

• Open VS Code and create a new project
  File > Open Folder > Create a new folder > Select
• Open a Julia REPL
  CTRL + SHIFT + P > ENTER
• Run the code below in your Julia REPL to create a new environment and add the necessary packages (only necessary when creating a new project environment):

using Pkg: Pkg       # Julia package manager
Pkg.activate(".")    # Creates and activates the project in the new folder - notice it creates Project.toml and Manifest.toml in your folder for reproducibility
Pkg.add("TulipaEnergyModel")
Pkg.add("TulipaIO")
Pkg.add("DuckDB")
Pkg.add("DataFrames")
Pkg.add("Plots")
Pkg.instantiate()

• Create a Julia file called my_workflow.jl
• Paste this code in the file. Running it will load the necessary packages:

import TulipaIO as TIO
import TulipaEnergyModel as TEM
using DuckDB
using DataFrames
using Plots

Set up data and folders

• Download the folders

  1. Go to main repo website: https://github.com/TulipaEnergy/TulipaEnergyModel.jl/
  2. Click on Tags
  3. Download the Zip file of the version you have installed (usually the latest)
  4. The data is located in the subfolders: docs > src > 10-tutorials > my-awesome-energy-system

• Move the 'my-awesome-energy-system' folder into your VS Code project.
  To find the folder where you created your project, right click on any file in VS code (e.g. 'my_workflow.jl') and click "Reveal in File Explorer"

The workflow.jl and 'my-awesome-energy-system' folder should now both be present in your VS Code project.