Last week you were introduced to Anaconda and Python. You wrote and executed Python code interactively, using the IPython shell, and non-interactively using a text editor (to write your python program) and the terminal (to execute it). This week you begin using the most popular way of writing Python code interactively among scientists and academics: Jupyter Notebooks.
There are two main goals in this section:
- Launch Jupyter notebook from Anaconda (either navigator or console).
- Create a new notebook (Python 3).
- Read through the Jupyter notebook user documentation page and run through some of the notebook examples provided here to get acquainted with the interface and components of a Jupyter notebook.
In part 2, you will continue to develop your Python essentials but now using the Jupyter notebook environment.