Installing Continuum's Anaconda Python

Anaconda is a Python distribution that bundles the Python programming language and over 720 Python packages for scientific computing, some of which provide spatial analysis and/or GIS functionality.

1. Go to the Continuum website and download the 64-bit version of Python 3.6 for your operating system.
2. Install the downloaded file as you would any piece of software.
   • Use all the defaults
3. Finish the install from the command line
• On Mac open the Terminal application (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) on Windows open the Anaconda Prompt application (Start > Anaconda (64-bit) > Anaconda Prompt)
• Update all the Python packages. Type (or copy-and-paste) the following and hit Enter: conda update --all

Install a Good Text Editor

A good text editor will make coding easier and more fun. The following are solid options, but others exist.

• Mac: BBEdit
• Windows: Notepad++

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