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Installation of Python and Other Packages

This one credit course provides an introduction to Python programming. It covers topics such as what Python is, why it is popular, industries that use Python, and career opportunities. It also discusses downloading and installing Python and Python Integrated Development Environments. The course explains how to install additional Python packages and provides references for further learning.

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Installation of Python and Other Packages

This one credit course provides an introduction to Python programming. It covers topics such as what Python is, why it is popular, industries that use Python, and career opportunities. It also discusses downloading and installing Python and Python Integrated Development Environments. The course explains how to install additional Python packages and provides references for further learning.

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One Credit Course on Data Science

with Python Programming


Introduction to Python
Topics
• What is Python?
• Why Python?
• Industries using Python
• Career Opportunities
• Downloading the setup file
• Installing Python
• Python IDEs
• Installing packages
What is Python?

• Python is a powerful high level, general-purpose,

object-oriented programming language

• It was created and released by Guido Van Rossum in

the early 90s

• Python is an interpreted language that uses an

interpreter to execute statements of code one by one


Why Python

• It is simple and easy to learn


• It is open source
• It has an active community of developers
• It has a huge number of libraries spanning a wide
range of applications
• It is compatible with different operating systems
and various hardwares
Industries using python

• Google

• Dropbox

• Netflix

• NSA

• BitTorrent

• NASA
Career Opportunities

• Web development

• Game development

• Big Data Analysis


• Web Testing
• AI/Data Science
Downloading the setup file
• The python setup file can be downloaded from the
official site: https://www.python.org/downloads/

• All the versions of python are available for download in


the official site. It is recommended to download the
latest release of the software.
Installing Python
• Once the download is complete double-click the ‘.exe’
file to open the installation window.

• In the installation window, check the ‘Add Python to


Path’ option and then click ‘Install Now’
Installing Python
• Once the installation is completed, the same
can be verified by doing the following steps:
– Open command prompt
– Type python --version in the command prompt as
shown below. This will display the python version.
Python IDEs
• IDE stands for Integrated Develop Environment
which is nothing but a GUI where programmers
write and execute their code.
• A number of IDEs are available for python. Some
of the widely used IDEs are listed as follows:
– IDLE (default)
– Spyder
– Pycharm
– Jupyter Notebook
– Sublime Text 3
Python IDEs
• In addition to this, a number of online compilers
are available for python
• The URL for few of the online compilers are
listed as follows:
– https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/o
nline-compiler/
– https://www.tutorialspoint.com/execute_python_on
line.php
– https://colab.research.google.com/notebooks/intro.i
pynb
Installing packages
• The supporting packages for python can be
installed using pip
• The pip package is installed as default along
with the python software
• To install a new package, open the command
prompt and type pip install package_name
Example: pip install numpy

Note: You have to stay connected to the internet to


install packages
References

• https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

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