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WiDS Python class

Getting started with Python can confusing. Hopefully, this clarifies somethings. In this class, we will go over basic concepts to give you a solid intro to the Python programming language.

  • Python 2 vs Python 3
  • python interpretor vs ipython vs code editor vs notebook
  • Anaconda vs virtualenv vs no virtualenv (Advanced intro)

Repos referenced in this class

Python Intro
Pandas Intro

Advanced Pandas Intros:

  1. PyCon Pandas Tutorial
  2. Statistical analysis python tutorial

Launching notebook

jupyter notebook vs ipython notebook

Installing libraries

conda install requests
pip install requests

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