Jupyter Notebook

Project Jupyter exists to develop open-source software, open-standards, and services for interactive computing across dozens of programming languages. It is included within the Anaconda Package.

See the link attached below for further information regarding the usage and requirements of Jupyter Notebook: https://jupyter-notebook-beginner-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/what_is_jupyter.html

We now know how to open Anaconda Prompt and can begin creating scripts. To do so, we will employ Jupyter Notebook, and its newer variant, JupyterLab. Both can be run simultaneously if desired, and if you decide neither application is of your liking, there are other open-source alternatives available including PyCharm, Apache Zeppelin, RStudio, IPython, and Spyder to name just a few.

Initiate Jupyter Notebook using the following command in the Anaconda Prompt:

jupyter notebook

This will then engage your internet browser and open a page looking similar to this:

Create a new folder to begin work. For this example, a new folder within “Desktop” is created named “Python”. This is achieved by double left-clicking on Desktop, then clicking the “New” tab in the top righthand corner, and then select the “Folder” – this will create a new, untitled folder within the folder Desktop. Rename the folder by left clicking on the folder, then select “Rename” in the top left.

You can now add scripts to the python folder by opening the desired folder, left click “New”, and lastly select “Python 3” to open a new page with a Python 3 script. The script can then be named “Example_File” as seen below.