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    "All the IPython Notebooks in this lecture series are available at https://github.com/rajathkumarmp/Python-Lectures"
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   "source": [
    "# Python-Lectures"
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   "source": [
    "## Introduction"
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   "source": [
    "Python is a modern, robust, high level programming language. It is very easy to pick up even if you are completely new to programming."
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   "source": [
    "## Installation"
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    "Mac OS X and Linux comes pre installed with python. Windows users can download python from https://www.python.org/downloads/ .\n",
    "\n",
    "To install IPython run,\n",
    "\n",
    "    $ pip install ipython[all]\n",
    "    \n",
    "This will install all the necessary dependencies for the notebook, qtconsole, tests etc."
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    "### Installation from unofficial distributions"
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   "source": [
    "Installing all the necessary libraries might prove troublesome. Anaconda and Canopy comes pre packaged with all the necessary python libraries and also IPython."
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   "source": [
    "#### Anaconda"
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   "source": [
    "Download Anaconda from https://www.continuum.io/downloads\n",
    "\n",
    "Anaconda is completely free and includes more than 300 python packages. Both python 2.7 and 3.4 options are available."
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   "source": [
    "#### Canopy"
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    "Download Canopy from https://store.enthought.com/downloads/#default\n",
    "\n",
    "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."
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   "source": [
    "## Launching IPython Notebook"
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    "From the terminal\n",
    "\n",
    "    ipython notebook\n",
    "\n",
    "In Canopy and Anaconda, Open the respective terminals and execute the above."
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   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## How to learn from this resource?"
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    "Download all the ipython notebooks from this repository https://github.com/rajathkumarmp/Python-Lectures\n",
    "\n",
    "Launch ipython notebook from the folder which contains the notebooks. Open each one of them\n",
    "\n",
    "    Cell > All Output > Clear\n",
    "    \n",
    "This will clear all the outputs and now you can understand each statement and learn interactively."
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   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "## License"
   ]
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   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"
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