Get started with Python

What can Python 🐍 do for me?

Become a power user on your computer

Ideas

 

  • A script that generates a report and sends to business stakeholders in one click
  • Convert data from a spreadsheet to a web dashboard
  • Track your own investment return over time

Best place to start

Google "Automate boring stuff with Python"

👉 https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

How do I start?

1. Install Python

2. Popular ways to run Python

  1. From command line: python your_script.py
  2. Use Jupyter https://jupyter.org/
    • I recommend Jupyter Lab (pip install jupyterlab)
    • Let's try it

The ecosystem

PyPI (pip install ...) 

https://pypi.org/

How to Google?

  1. Python [what I want to do] tutorial
  2. Python [package] [error]
  3. ...

Questions?

What's out there?

Google docs link

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