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# Workshop 2: Getting Started with Python

This is the second in a series of scientific Python lectures at Risø campus,
Denmark Technical University.

## Objective

To introduce new Python users to Anaconda workflows. We assume that the majority
of users are familiar with Matlab and/or Mathematica.

## Date

The workshop date and location will be announced internally at DTU Risø. Please
use the contact information below for questions on the workshop contents or 
arranging a new workshop.

## Topic outline

- What is Anaconda?
- Anaconda prompt
- Command-line Python
- Python vs. iPython console
- Installing new packages
- Creating and managing environments
- Spyder
- Jupyter

## Prerequisites

If you are attending the workshop, please do the following before attending:
1. If you do not have Anaconda installed, please [install it](https://www.anaconda.com/download/)
**with Python 3.6**
2. If you have Anaconda installed, please either  
    a) have your root environment be Python 3.6, or  
    b) [create an environment](https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html#creating-an-environment-with-commands)
    that has Python 3.6

## Contact

Jenni Rinker
rink@dtu.dk