- [Instructor] Throughout these videos,
you'll be working with the Anaconda Python distribution,
which is one of the most popular
Python distributions out there.
We chose this particular distribution
because of all the different software
that comes with it by default.
In particular, it has the IPython interpreter
which we will use to execute code
both interactively one code snippet at a time,
or one line of code at a time,
as well as to execute full Python applications,
which again, we refer to as scripts.
It also has a local Jupyter Notebooks server
that will enable you to run this thing
called Jupyter Notebooks in your Web browser
locally on your computer.
As you'll see in the test drives in lesson one,
Jupyter Notebooks are a really convenient way
to not only type and execute Python code,
but you can also embed in them text and images
and videos and other Web-based content
to create a combination of both code
and other materials.
That's particularly important for reproducibility.
If you're doing data science studies
or other types of studies
and you want other people to be able
to reproduce your results,
Jupyter Notebooks are a really popular way of doing that.
In addition to IPython and Jupyter Notebooks,
most of the Python and data science libraries
that we use throughout these videos
are included with the Anaconda Python distribution.
There will be some additional libraries
that you have to install as well.
The distribution also includes
a bunch of other software,
including things like the Spyder IDE,
which is one of the more popular data science
Python-integrated development environments,
and Microsoft's Visual Studio Code
is an installation option as well.
You can get the latest installer for Anaconda
from the URL that you see here,
anaconda.com/distribution.
When you go to that webpage,
you'll see a download button
which I'll show you in just a moment,
and from there you can download for Windows,
macOS, or Linux.
Once you've completed the download,
you'll want to execute the installer
and simply follow the on-screen instructions
to get the software installed.
Here is the Anaconda distribution download webpage.
As you can see, here's the download.
When you click that button,
it brings you lower down on the page.
You have tabs here for the three different platforms.
For the purpose of these videos,
you will want to get the Python 3.7 or higher version.
By the time you're watching these videos,
there could be a more recent version available.
Once you go ahead and click the download link,
you'll see the download begin.
Again, once that download is complete,
simply go to your downloads folder
and double-click the installer to execute it.