#Python-Lectures
##Introduction
Python is a modern, robust, high level programming language. It is very easy to pick up even if you are completely new to programming.
##Installation
Mac OS X and Linux comes pre installed with python. Windows users can download python from https://www.python.org/downloads/ .
To install IPython run,
$ pip install ipython[all]
This will install all the necessary dependencies for the notebook, qtconsole, tests etc.
###Installation from unofficial distributions
Installing all the necessary libraries might prove troublesome. Anaconda and Canopy comes pre packaged with all the necessary python libraries and also IPython.
####Anaconda
Download Anaconda from https://www.continuum.io/downloads
Anaconda is completely free and includes more than 300 python packages. Both python 2.7 and 3.4 options are available.
####Canopy
Download Canopy from https://store.enthought.com/downloads/#default
Canopy has a premium version which offers 300+ python packages. But the free version works just fine. Canopy as of now supports only 2.7 but it comes with its own text editor and IPython environment.
##Launching IPython Notebook
From the terminal
ipython notebook
In Canopy and Anaconda, Open the respective terminals and execute the above.
##How to learn from this resource?
You can download the pdf copy from here : Get Started with Python
It is better to download all the ipython notebooks from this repository https://github.com/rajathkumarmp/Python-Lectures and learn it on the notebook itself rather than having to refer to a pdf.
Launch ipython notebook from the folder which contains the notebooks. Open each one of them
Cell > All Output > Clear
This will clear all the outputs and now you can understand each statement and learn interactively.
##Table of contents
00 - Introduction and Installation
01 - Variable, Operators and Built-in Functions
02 - Print Statement, Precision and FieldWidth
These are online read-only versions.
##License
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