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Things you need to have before starting this workshop

  1. A computer
  2. Python and Anaconda

Now you are ready 👍

Installing Python and (mini)conda

Python is a popular language for research computing, and great for general-purpose programming as well. You could probably have it already installed but we need some more libraries.

The shorter way to install all of them is to use the Anaconda distribution, is a collection of libraries and a packet manager, an all-in-one installer.

You can find a version for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Regardless of how you choose to install it, please make sure you install Python version 3.6.

We will teach Python using the Jupyter Notebook, a programming environment that runs in a web browser. For this to work you will need a reasonably up-to-date browser. The current versions of the Chrome, Safari and Firefox browsers are all supported (some older browsers, including Internet Explorer version 9 and below, are not).

Windows

Instructions

  1. Open https://conda.io/miniconda.html with your web browser.
  2. Download the Python 3.6 64-bit installer for Windows.
  3. Install Python 3 using all of the defaults for installation except make sure to check Make Anaconda the default Python.

Mac OSX

Instructions

  1. Open https://conda.io/miniconda.html with your web browser.
  2. Download the Python 3.6 64-bit installer for OS X.
  3. Type bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh in your terminal and follow the instructions.

Linux

Instructions

  1. Open https://conda.io/miniconda.html with your web browser.
  2. Download the Python 3.6 64-bit installer for Linux.
  3. Type bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh in your terminal and follow the instructions.

If something went wrong, breath, relax, prepare a good coffee and send us an email: hello@pybootcamp.com