Python Anaconda Distribution


Download and Install
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Python can be downloaded from its official source, https://www.python.org/, but there is much more to using Python than just the language

Better to download Python and the rest of the complete environment maintained by from Anaconda, Inc., but open source

Modern version is Version 3

Downloading Python from Anaconda downloads an entire system: Python 3.x, 100's of packages, conda package manager, and Anaconda Navigator to run Python and more 

Runs identically on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Download installer: https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section

Install instruction: http://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/
  Select your OS and then the latest version of Python, Version 3.x
  Just accept the defaults when prompted by the installer
  don't be in a hurry



Occasionally Update
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Windows: Run the app Anaconda Prompt
Mac: Open a terminal window

Enter: 
conda update conda
conda update anaconda


Run
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Run the app Anaconda Navigator, the app from which we will access and run Python via the Jupyter notebook interface

http://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/user-guide/getting-started/

https://jupyter-notebook-beginner-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/