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We will be going through several Jupyter Notebooks during the tutorial and use a number of data science libraries along the way. The easiest way to get started is to download Anaconda, which is free and open source. When you download this, it comes with the Jupyter Notebook IDE and many popular data science libraries, so you don’t have to install them one by one.

Here are the steps you’ll need to take before the start of the tutorial:

I highly recommend that you downloadthe Python 3.6 version.

Clone or download thisGithub repository, so you have access to all the Jupyter Notebooks (.ipynb extension) in the tutorial.Note the green button on the right side of the screen that saysClone or download. If you know how to use Github, go ahead and clone the repo. If you don't know how to use Github, you can also just download the zip file and unzip it on your laptop.

Windows:Open the Anaconda Navigator program. You should see the Jupyter Notebook logo. Below the logo, click Launch. A browser window should open up. In the browser window, navigate to the location of the saved Jupyter Notebook files and open 0-Hello-World.ipynb. Follow the instructions in the notebook.

Mac/Linux:Open a terminal. Typejupyter notebook. A browser should open up. In the browser window, navigate to the location of the saved Jupyter Notebook files and open 0-Hello-World.ipynb. Follow the instructions in the notebook.

There are a few additional packages we'll be using during the tutorial that are not included when you download Anaconda - wordcloud, textblob and gensim.

Windows:Open the Anaconda Prompt program. You should see a black window pop up. Typeconda install -c conda-forge wordcloud to download wordcloud. You will be asked whether you want to proceed or not. Typey for yes. Once that is done, typeconda install -c conda-forge textblob to download textblob andy to proceed, and typeconda install -c conda-forge gensim to download gensim andy to proceed.

Mac/Linux:Your terminal should already be open. Type command-t to open a new tab. Typeconda install -c conda-forge wordcloud to download wordcloud. You will be asked whether you want to proceed or not. Typey for yes. Once that is done, typeconda install -c conda-forge textblob to download textblob andy to proceed, and typeconda install -c conda-forge gensim to download gensim andy to proceed.

If you have any issues, please email me atadashofdata@gmail.com or come talk to me before the start of the tutorial on Saturday.