resources

textbook

Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python 2nd Edition by Joel Grus, ISBN 1492041130 | amazon
- data science from scratch github code

documentation & help
- Have a specific question? Just google it ...
- official 3.x docs
- python 3 cheatsheat | local copy
- stackoverflow.com - questions & answers with 'python' tag
installing it - make sure you get version 3.something
- official downloads
- anaconda distribution - another distribution with numpy & all the trimmings
- jupyter - a browser-based python numerical environment
  - a gallery of interesting jupyter/python notebooks
- find recipes by googling terms like "windows install bash python 3" or "install mac python 3" or similar variations.
  - a bash + python recipe
  - installing python at realpython.com
online environments
- pythontutor - online code visualization
- jupyter.marlboro.college - Jupyter notebooks. (Ask Jim if you want an account.)
- shannon.marlboro.college - a remote sever. (Ask Jim if you want an account.)
numeric and scientific libraries
- Scipy lecture notes
style, tests, and types (oh my). YMMV
- PEP8 style guide for python code
- doctest
- black - uncompromising code formatter
- python type checking ... also google "python type hints"
- mypy - a static type checker for Python
- numpy - numerical python - support for scientific computing

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