Setting up Battleground
The Journey from Python to Machine Learning(Setting up Battleground).
Trying to change before you’re ready isn’t likely to be productive. For example, most New Year’s resolutions don’t last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it’s going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure.
Luckily, a little research and planning before your trip can start you on the right track towards becoming an expert. So before moving a further step in this journey let’s fill up our backpacks with all the essentials required for this journey.
Essentials for the trip “The Journey from Python to Machine Learning”. Here’s the checklist:
- A computer — Windows, Mac, and Linux are all supported.
- Your enthusiasm to learn programming language. It’s a valuable lifetime skill which you can’t un-learn!
- Few Softwares or Applications (Python 3, Anaconda)
Software Installations:
Let’s install the software one by one.
1. Python 3
Introduction: Python 3.0 is a new version of the language that is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed. Also, the standard library has been reorganized in a few prominent places.
Download Link: click here.
When you will click on click here given above you will be redirected to the official website of Python 3 download page. Download the software as per your system requirements.
Installing Python: click here.
- Here is the installation process of Python 3 in the Windows Operating System.
- For Mac or Linux please refer to the link given above.
Step 1: Run the file you have downloaded from the link given above. You will get a prompt as shown below. Please tick the box before ‘Add Python 3.8 to PATH’. After that just click on “Install Now”.
Step 2: After that you will get a prompt where installation will get started. Just wait until it get installed to your system. It will take just 3–5 miutes for installation.
Step 3: After successful installation you will get a prompt as shown below. Just click on close. Now Python 3 has been successfully installed into your system.
You have installed Python 3 to your system now download and install other software required for this journey.
2. Anaconda
Introduction: Anaconda is a free and open-source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing, that aims to simplify package management and deployment. The distribution includes data-science packages suitable for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Download Link: click here.
I will suggest you download the individual edition of Anaconda. After downloading the package go for the installation, you make take the help of the video given above or click on click here for getting help in the installation process.
Installing Anaconda: click here.
- The most important thing don’t forget to allow the anaconda to setup automatically the path variable.
- Here’s the installation process of Anaconda in the Windows operating system. For Linux and iOS please refer to the link given above.
Step 1 : Run the package you have downloaded. You will get a prompt as given below. Click on next button.
Step 2: Then you will get a prompt as given below. Accept the license aggrement of anaconda by clicking on “I Agree”.
Step 3: After that you will get a prompt as shown below. You may choose any option but i will suggest to go for ‘Just me’ and then click on next.
Step 4: Now it’s time to choose the installation location. Choose your desired location by clicking on ‘Browse’ button. I will recommend to just leave as usual don’t change location. After choosing a location click on next.
Step 5: It’s time to setup advance installations options. Tick both the box as shown in the figure. You will get warning in red color as not recommended. Please ignore that warning and click on install.
Step 6: It takes 10–15 minutes usually but it may also take more than 15 minutes so just wait until the installation gets completed.
Step 7: This is the final step after that you can use Anaconda for your development. After sucessful installation you will get a prompt on your window as shown below. Tick out both the menu as shown in figure and click on Finish.
You have completed the installation of Anaconda. Now you need a text editor for writing your code. You may opt for any text editor. But I will suggest you install “Sublime Text”.
3. Sublime Text
Introduction: Sublime Text is a shareware cross-platform source code editor with a Python application programming interface. It natively supports many programming languages and markup languages, and functions can be added by users with plugins, typically community-built and maintained under free-software licenses.
Download Link: click here.
When you will click on click here given above you will be redirected to the official website of Sublime Text download page. Download the software as per your system requirements.
Installing Sublime Text: click here.
- Here is the installation process of Sublime Text in the Windows Operating System.
- For Mac or Linux please refer to the link given above.
Step1: Run the setup file you have just downloaded from the link given above. You will get a prompt as given below. Click on next button.
Step2: Now you will get a prompt as given below. You just have to click on Install.
Step3: After that installation will be get started and it will take just 1–2 minutes. Wait until the installation get completed.
Step 4: After successful installation you will get a prompt as shown below. Just click on Finish to close this prompt.
Congratulations! you have completed all the required software installations.
It’s time to take a break and just see the video given below to understand how to use this software.
Now you seem fully ready for this journey. Just a few things to do for now.
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Always remember “The journey is long but the goal is in each step”. We have completed the first step of the backpack.
For any queries or doubt write in the response section. Thank You!
