Install python and an IDE¶
The code in this book is written in standard Python 3.8.
Local installation¶
For beginners it is is recommended that users first install ‘Anaconda’. This bundles python along with data science centric IDEs called Spyder and Jupyter notebook.
https://www.anaconda.com/download/
Anaconda includes ‘conda’ (a package manager). An optional step is to follow our notes to use conda to create a virtual environment that includes python 3.8 and Jupyter-Lab 3.
Run our code via Binderhub or Google Colab¶
Note
You have the option of running our code in the cloud without the need to install on your local machine.
When you navigate the either the lectures of practical labs you will see a image of a ‘rocketship’ in the top right hand corner of the screen. Move you mouse over the image and you can choose to either open the notebook in BinderHub (will take ~1 minute to open) or Google Colab (requires a Google account).