diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 97c9120..a227cb2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -**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 @@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ It is only expected that the student has: ## 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]( @@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/) that not only ships Python but comes 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 @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ used without a mouse by typing commands into it. -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.