In this section, we will get started with the most common open source programming languages in the big data world. We will show you how to get started with Python and R on a Windows machine and a macOS machine.
Getting started with Python and R
Python on macOS
macOS X, High Sierra has a preloaded version of Python 2.7 out-of-the-box. If you have macOS X, you will not have to install or configure anything else in order to use Python 2. If you want to use Python3, then follow these instructions.
Before you install Python, you’ll be required to install GCC:
- GCC can be obtained by downloading XCode (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/).
- The smaller command-line tools, or the even smaller OSX-GCC-Installer package, can...