If you're here, then I probably don't need to convince you to learn Python. It's powerful, it's flexible, it's open source and free (as in $0), and there are thousands of resources available on the interwebs for learning it. (Read More)

Before you can run any Python code, you have to install a Python interpreter on your computer. The interpreter is what reads, translates, and executes your Python code (which is just a text file with a .py extension). At this point that's the most you need to know. Don't get bogged down in the technical jargon for now. (Read More)

At this point you have successfully installed Python on your computer using the Miniconda distribution. You're ready to run some Python code. (Read More)

In the last post, we ran some very basic python code directly in a python interactive session. But what would a more realistic example of python code look like? To make our lives easier, the most basic thing we need is a text editor (not a word processor). This will allow us to write and save python code as a file with a .py file extension (e.g. example_script.py). (Read More)