#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

# All the IPython Notebooks in this lecture series are available at https://github.com/rajathkumarmp/Python-Lectures

# #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?

# Download all the ipython notebooks from this repository https://github.com/rajathkumarmp/Python-Lectures
# 
# 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.

# ##License

# 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/