Which Python is right for me?

Paige Bailey :: PyTexas 2014

Seemingly infinite possibilities… Canopy

Anaconda

Spyder

Python 2.7 or Python 3.3?

Question: which version will do what I need it to do?

Answer: likely any of them!

Enthought Canopy Scientific and analytic Python

analysis environment

Offers easy installation of Python packages (visualization, GUIs, GIS, machine learning, etc.)

Training on demand

An academic license (for students and staff at degree-granting institutions) is free; so is the basic analysis version for individuals

Alternative to MATLAB or Mathematica

https://www.enthought.com/products/canopy/

Anaconda Completely free, enterprise-

ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing

Works on Windows, Mac, Linux

Can easily switch between different versions of Python and experiment with versions of libraries

Comes with tools to integrate with Microsoft Excel

http://continuum.io/downloads

Python 2.7 vs. 3.x?

If you’re just beginning to use Python, it’s suggested that you start learning with the latest version (Python 3.4.1).

Most packages – at least, most of the well-used Python packages – have been ported to version 3 already: https://python3wos.appspot.com/

In this tutorial, we taught Python2 syntax. Minor variation in Python3.

Use the development environment, and download a good text editor (Sublime, Emacs, Notepad++).

https://www.python.org/download

Decided?