Installation and Setup

Open Anaconda Prompt and follow these steps to get your system ready for data science. We will create a new environment on Anaconda in which we will install all the required libraries and run our code:

1. To create a new environment and install all the libraries, download the environment file from https://github.com/TrainingByPackt/Data-Science-with-Python/blob/master/environment.yml and run the following command:

   conda env create -f environment.yml

2. To activate the environment, run this command:

   conda activate DataScience

   For this book, whenever you are asked to open a terminal, you need to open Anaconda Prompt, activate the environment, and then proceed.

3. Jupyter Notebook allows us to run code and experiment in code blocks. To start Jupyter Notebook run the following inside the DataScience environment:

   jupyter notebook

   A new browser window will open with the Jupyter interface. You can then navigate to the project location and run the Jupyter Notebooks.