Before we delve into the awesomeness of pandas, it is mission critical that we install Python and pandas correctly, choose the right IDEs, and set the right options. In this chapter, we discussed these and more. Here is a summary of key takeaways from the chapter:
- Python 3.x is available, but many users still prefer to use version 2.7 as it is more stable and scientific-computation friendly.
- The support and bug fixing for version 2.7 has now been stopped.
- Translating code from one version to other is a breeze. One can also use both versions together using the virtualenv package, which comes pre-installed with Anaconda.
- Anaconda is a popular Python distribution that comes with 700+ libraries/packages and several popular IDEs, such as Jupyter and Spyder.
- Python codes are callable from, and usable in, other tools, like R, Azure ML Studio, H20.ai, and Julia.
- Some of the day...
