This course is a workshop meant to give you a hands-on feel for what grappling with data in Python is like. You will gain useful skills that will help you work with relatively large quantities of data in a quick manner, as well as an introduction on how to teach yourself new techniques in the open source software world. Consider it a foundation for some of General Assemb.ly's more advanced courses, including the awesome Data Science course.
What you need:
- A brain and a willingness to learn
- SOME experience with programming in the past will be very helpful
- Definitely need to be computer literate.
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A laptop computer (Mac, Windows, Linux are all good)
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##You need to download some software BEFORE the class.
- Go here to download the Anacondas package. Look for the proper file for your operating system. Download it and run it. It's a super easy install that will give you every tool you need for this course.