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