Python & Jupyter Install
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.. warning::
    Please use Python 3.8 for this course

Newer versions (3.9 and 3.10) may give you headaches as modules don't work properly.  (I haven't explicitly checked, but documentation for a few libraries, like numpy, seems to suggest trouble so let's stick with 3.8).  Python 2.x has major language changes and should be avoided entirely in this course (`and everywhere else <https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/>`_).

I suggest Windows and Mac users install via `Miniconda <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html>`_ because it easily allows one to select their python version.  You can access Python via the Miniconda Command Prompt (where you have ``pip`` and, once installed, ``jupyter notebook``).  Linux users have python installed by default and can open a terminal to use the same commands.

You can install many of the modules needed for the course with::

    pip install numpy scipy matplotlib seaborn jupyter

Afterwards, at the same prompt you can type::

    jupyter notebook

to open up a Jupyter Notebook and get working.