Tools

Table of Contents Python distributions Getting started with Python Notebooks IDE's Externally hosted tools Useful libraries

Python distributions

A list of python distributions

Some useful distributions:

• Anaconda
• Canopy

Getting started with Python

• Hour of Python

Notebooks

• Jupyter. See also JupyterHub, a server for Jupyter notebooks.
• nbgrader for automated grading of notebooks.

IDE's

• Spyder
• PyCharm

Externally hosted tools

• nbviewer Jupiter Notebook Viewer renders notebooks stored elsewhere. We can run this on a local server, see the GitHub repository
• trinket.io
• Anvil - web app design
• plotly
• Biostar. Stack Exchange clone.

Useful libraries

• pandas
• VPython
• Cython
• SymPy Physics module
• PyDy for dynamics
• Bokeh
• emcee might be worth a look