Introduction to Python
In this lecture
Data science
Tools for data science
History of Python
Python IDEs
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Introduction
We live in a world that’s drowning in
data
Data is generated from various sources
◦ Websites track every user’s every click
◦ Your smartphone is building up a record of
your location
◦ Sensors from electronic devices record
real time information
◦ E-commerce websites collect purchasing
habits
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Data science
Interdisciplinaryfield that brings
together computer science,
statistics and mathematics to
extract useful insights from data
Analyzingand generating insights
from data aids in arriving at
better business decisions
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Popular tools used in data science
Data pre-processing and analysis
◦ Python, R, Microsoft Excel, SAS, SPSS
Data exploration and visualization
◦ Tableau, Qlikview, Microsoft Excel
Paralleland distributed computing
incase of big data
◦ Apache Spark,Apache Hadoop
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Evolution of Python
Python was developed by
Guido van Rossum in the late
eighties at the ‘National
Research Institute for
Mathematics and Computer
Science’ at Netherlands
Python Editions
◦ Python 1.0-1991,
◦ Python 2.0- 2000
◦ Python 3.0 - 2008 (Python 3.7 –
latest)
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Advantages of using python
Python has several features that
make it well suited for data
science
Open source and community
development
◦ Developed under Open Source
Initiative approved license making it
free to use and distribute even
commercially
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Advantages of using python
Syntax used is simple to understand
and code
Libraries designed for specific data
science tasks
Combines well with majority of the
cloud platform service providers
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Integrated development
environment (IDE)
Software application consisting of a
cohesive unit of tools required for
development
Designed to simplify software
development
Utilities provided by IDEs include
tools for managing, compiling,
deploying and debugging software
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Features of IDE
IDEshould centralize three key
tools that form the crux of
software development
◦ Source code editor
◦ Compiler
◦ Debugger
Additional features
◦ Syntax and error highlighting
◦ Code completion
◦ Version control
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Commonly used IDEs
Spyder
PyCharm
Jupyter Notebook
Atom
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Spyder
Supported across Linux, Mac
OS X and Windows platforms
Available as open source
version
Bundled with Anaconda
distribution which comes with
all Python libraries
Developed for Python and
specifically data science
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Spyder
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Spyder
Features include
◦ Code editor with robust syntax
and error highlighting
◦ Code completion and navigation
◦ Debugger
◦ Integrated document
Interface
similar to MATLAB
and RStudio
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PyCharm
Supported across Linux, Mac OS
X and Windows platforms
Available as community (free
open source) and professional
(paid) version
Supports only Python
Bundled with Anaconda
distribution which comes with
all Python libraries
◦ Can also be installed separately
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PyCharm
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PyCharm
Features include
◦ Code editor provides syntax
and error highlighting
◦ Code completion and
navigation
◦ Unit testing
◦ Debugger
◦ Version control
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Jupyter Notebook
Web application that allows
creation and manipulation of
notebook documents called
‘notebook’
Supported across Linux, Mac OS
X and Windows platforms
Available as open source version
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Jupyter Notebook
Source-https://jupyter.org/
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Jupyter Notebook
Bundled with Anaconda
distribution or can be installed
separately
Supports Julia, Python, R and
Scala
Consists of ordered collection of
input and output cells that contain
code, text, plots etc.
Source-https://jupyter.org/
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Jupyter Notebook
Allows sharing of code and
narrative text through output
formats like PDF, HTML etc.
◦ Education and presentation
tool
Lacksmost of the features of
a good IDE
Source-https://jupyter.org/
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Atom
Open source text and source code
editor
Supported across Linux, Mac OS X
and Windows platforms
Supports Python, PHP, Java etc.
Well suited for developers
Enables users to install plug ins or
packages
◦ Packages can be installed for code
completion, debugging
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Atom
Source-https://atom.io/
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How to choose the best IDE?
Requirements
Working with different IDEs
helps us understand our own
requirement
In this course, Spyder will be
used
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Summary
Popular tools used data science
Evolution of Python
Integrated development environment
◦ Spyder
◦ PyCharm
◦ Jupyter Notebook
◦ Atom
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