Python Questions

[Daniel Duffy]

I have downloaded

1. Text editor Anaconda
2. Visual Studio Python

2. has nice IDE but I don't know how to install NumPy etc.
1. looks complete + all libraries but is a text editor (which is not to nice).

Ideally, I want to use both options in a Visual IDE. Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[APalley]

I have downloaded

1. Text editor Anaconda
2. Visual Studio Python

2. has nice IDE but I don't know how to install NumPy etc.
1. looks complete + all libraries but is a text editor (which is not to nice).

Ideally, I want to use both options in a Visual IDE. Any ideas?

Thanks!

I like PyCharm for Python development. It's a visual IDE and has a built-in tool to easily download packages such as numpy or scipy.

 

[Jeff Xiong]

I think you can choose Anaconda equipped with ipython, where you could download any libraries with conda command, say, conda install numpy, then you could have several available versions ready for download.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

I think you can choose Anaconda equipped with ipython, where you could download any libraries with conda command, say, conda install numpy, then you could have several available versions ready for download.

I installed Anaconda and the libraries install is very easy. I will check out ipython (it's an IDE?).

 

[Daniel Duffy]

I like PyCharm for Python development. It's a visual IDE and has a built-in tool to easily download packages such as numpy or scipy.

pyCharm installed. For libraries, I was having difficulty inside the IDE?

 

[Jeff Xiong]

I installed Anaconda and the libraries install is very easy. I will check out ipython (it's an IDE?).

Yes, and I feel it works well with jupyter notebook.

 

[ExSan]

2. has nice IDE but I don't know how to install NumPy etc.
Thanks!

Python environment
add package
pip numpy

 

[pingu]

I have downloaded

1. Text editor Anaconda
2. Visual Studio Python

2. has nice IDE but I don't know how to install NumPy etc.
1. looks complete + all libraries but is a text editor (which is not to nice).

Ideally, I want to use both options in a Visual IDE. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Anaconda has most of the libraries that you need. If you want to check that, go to the Start Menu -> Anaconda -> Anaconda Prompt

It will open a special cmd.exe shell with Ananconda setup properly. Enter the command:

C:\> conda list

and it will show you all the libraries already installed in your original conda environment.

If you want to install new packages, you should try conda install. This is the default installer for python packages inside Anaconda. If conda can't find the package you want to install, then you try pip. The advantage of using conda is that it will try to install precompiled libraries for your operating system if they are needed (either fortran/C/C++ libraries). If you use pip and you need a package that uses Fortran/C/C++, you will need to have your environment setup with a Fortran or a C/C++ compiler and that could be messy/hard if you are using Windows.

 

[pingu]

I installed Anaconda and the libraries install is very easy. I will check out ipython (it's an IDE?).

ipython is a python shell/REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop). you can type commands/edit functions and get results immediately.

you should try Jupyter Notebooks also.

 

[pingu]

ipython is a python shell/REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop). you can type commands/edit functions and get results immediately.

you should try Jupyter Notebooks also.

My workflow is usually PyCharm and Jupyter Notebook for immediate results.

 

[APalley]

pyCharm installed. For libraries, I was having difficulty inside the IDE?

See Installing, Uninstalling and Upgrading Packages - Help | PyCharm

 

[Daniel Duffy]

See Installing, Uninstalling and Upgrading Packages - Help | PyCharm

I got numpy working, so it's moving; some of the other stuff (scipy) not because it needs LAPACK etc.
But it's moving
Am also checking out Anaconda and Skikit.

 

[Liam]

Sounds like you're up and running but I'll say it - personally I'd use something like the following Python, Pip, virtualenv installation on Windows

Then install Atom, which gives an IDE style environment + nice editor that works with your python installation and where you can put in the ide-python package.

This way you get Atom's IDE but also if you need to install python packages (I still find myself needing to whenever I find some useful code) it can be done slickly as you have 'pip install' and easy_install.

If you find you're constantly looking at code that requires updates and the updates are a nightmare, consider restarting and doing the above. Honestly, a while back I had a python installation where just adding one package was about as much fun as sweeping a floor with the broom up my bum - after using the above link I had something like 5 python packages installed within the first 1/2 hr.

 

[BlackMamba]

+1 for PyCharm

 

[ExSan]

I am using MS Visual Studio 2017
Python 2.7 (64 bits)
Does anyone know how to install simplegui
Thanks in advance

 

[pingu]

I am using MS Visual Studio 2017
Python 2.7 (64 bits)
Does anyone know how to install simplegui
Thanks in advance

why simplegui? why not wxpython? or PyQT? or enaml?

 

[ExSan]

why simplegui? why not wxpython? or PyQT? or enaml?

COURSERA Python I intro uses it, and that library is very impressive

 

[pingu]

COURSERA Python I intro uses it, and that library is very impressive

really? I will have to check it out. Tkinter is kind of clunky.

I have never used simplegui so I can't help you.

 

[BlackMamba]

really? I will have to check it out. Tkinter is kind of clunky.

I'll need to check out PyQt, keep seeing it recommended. Only just recently have I been messing around with Tkinter, and have found it to be more than adequate for the GUI I'm working on.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

I am looking for books on Numpy and Scipy, with focus on the numerical algorithms and background. I am not interested in having to wade in syntax before getting to these topics.

Any suggestions? Thx!