Seeking advice on where to begin with python. I’m trying to learn python on a macbook but i run into problems before i even dive into concepts of python, such as how certain codes do not process the way they do in videos. Also, do i install conda to use jupyter, where do i run pandas and can i just use google’s collab? I’ll appreciate any particular topics i should review first before i dive in.

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Yes! Install anaconda which includes Jupyter. Alternatively, you can use google collab which doesn’t require anaconda. Jupyter and collab both create .ipynb files. Spyder (also included in anaconda) is an IDE that creates .py files. Any of these work!

You can run pandas in any of these by writing the command “import pandas as pd” in your notebook. However before you do, you’ll need to install pandas on your MacBook via terminal.

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Thanks. I’ll read into how to set these up. I just want to get up and running with something to begin the courses.

I’d recommend downloading Anaconda on your MacBook. That way if you want to use the tkinter library in the future (Let’s you make simple GUIs) you can. Google collab won’t run GUIs.

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Install vscode ide and then under extensions install python. Works perfect for me!

Other option is use python online ide such as repl

Thanks, i’ll look into this as well.

What’s the error?

For running pandas or other notebooks I recommend making a community account on databricks which gives you a workspace and and access to a standard cluster. Strongly recommend using this as if you’re learning python for data, it’s best to do it on databricks so you can learn to leverage the technology and spark(pyspark) architecture on it

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