This is a checklist to confirm that your laptop is set up properly for DAT19. If at any point you get an error message, please note the error message and we will help you to fix it! If you don't get any error messages, you are properly set up.
Please post a message in the "setupchecklist" channel in Slack once you have walked through the entire checklist. That way, we will know whether or not we need to follow up with you.
- Install the Anaconda distribution of Python 2.7x.
- Install Git and create a GitHub account.
- Once you receive an email invitation from Slack, join our team and add your photo!
- While still at the command line:
- Type
conda list(if you choose not to use Anaconda, this will generate an error) - Type
pythonto open the Python interpreter
- Type
- While in the Python interpreter:
- Look at the Python version number. It should start with 2.7.
- Type
import pandas - Type
exit()to exit the interpreter. You can now close the command line application.