Installing Python
This is applicable only for Windows users. For Mac OSX users, Python 3 should already come pre-installed so you can move on to the next steps.
Installing Conda
conda is a lightweight environment manager that allows us to separate software dependencies of different projects. We will be covering what environments are in the later part of the workshop. However, to reduce the amount of time we will need to hit the ground running, we ask that you attempt to install conda pre-workshop. Facilitators will be on hand to help you should you run into difficulties installing conda on workshop day.
Installing VSCode
VSCode is a free integrated development environment with support for a wide-range of programming languages. We can extend the capabilities of VSCode by installing extensions from the marketplace. Most of these extensions are free for use.
For this workshop, we will be using the jupyter extension to work with our notebooks (distributed as .ipynb files).