Help Please

[jumpbackjack65]

I'm a 77 year old beginner. I know Excel VBA, but not Python. On page 7 it instructs me to install jupyter.org or Juptyer and numpy.org for NumPy. I tried doing this but it gives me an instruction "pip install jupyterlab" and then jupyter lab to launch lab. Then pip install notebook and jupyter notebook to launch notebook. I'm assuming all of this is done in Python and I must first install Phthon. Any help will be appreciated.

[corjuela]

Hi @jumpbackjack65, if you're an absolute beginner, I'd recommend going with Anaconda. Upon installing, it'll give you an environment ready to code, including Python, Jupyter, and the most used Python packages for data science. Pip is a package management system that you can use alongside conda, which is the Anaconda equivalent
Some further reading: https://www.anaconda.com/blog/understanding-conda-and-pip
Good luck

[jumpbackjack65]

Thank you so much for your help. I'm taking the codeacdemy course on Python. On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 08:00:15 AM MDT, Carlos Orjuela ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @jumpbackjack65, if you're an absolute beginner, I'd recommend going with Anaconda. Upon installing, it'll give you an environment ready to code, including Python, Jupyter, and the most used Python packages for data science. Pip is a package management system that you can use alongside conda, which is the Anaconda equivalent Some further reading: https://www.anaconda.com/blog/understanding-conda-and-pip Good luck — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>