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**Important**: The notebooks are being added throughout the fall semester of 2019!
**Important**: The notebooks are being updated and amended throughout the
spring semester of 2020!
# An Introduction to Python and Programming
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## Installation
To follow this course, a working installation of **Python 3.6** or higher is
To follow this course, a working installation of **Python 3.7** or higher is
expected.
A popular and beginner friendly way is to install the [Anaconda Distribution](
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pre-packaged with a lot of third-party libraries from the so-called
"scientific stack".
Just go to the [download](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section)
section and install the latest version (i.e., *2019-07* with Python 3.7 at the
section and install the latest version (i.e., *2019-10* with Python 3.7 at the
time of this writing) for your operating system.
Then, among others, you will find an entry "Jupyter Notebook" in your start
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<img src="static/terminal.png" width="50%" align="center">
Assuming that you already have a working version of Python 3.6 or higher
Assuming that you already have a working version of Python 3.7 or higher
installed (cf., the official [download page](https://www.python.org/downloads/)),
the following summarizes the commands to be typed into a terminal emulator to
get the course materials up and running on a local machine without Anaconda.