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No Anaconda[1], porque? I am a big fan of the Anaconda distribution and workflow... am I alone? I would find that hard to believe. [1]https://www.continuum.io/

No Anaconda[1], porque? I am a big fan of the Anaconda distribution and workflow... am I alone? I would find that hard to believe. [1]https://www.continuum.io/downloads https://www.continuum.io/downloads

analog31 10y ago
You're not alone. I appreciate Anaconda, though I happen to use WinPython right now. In fact I keep a WinPython installer in my pocket on a flash drive. The most important thing is that I can get a relatively vanilla Python program running on any computer that I bump into, without creating a potential future headache for the person who owns that computer. WinPython is almost like an isolated environment. But at the very least, if their instructions ensure that you can get an installation to the point of running the tutorial programs successfully, and learning Python rather than fussing with installers, I'm OK with it.
- voltagex_ 10y ago
  I don't think I've ever used any non python.org distributions - what's the difference between Anaconda and WinPython? Edit: Aha, Anaconda seems to be tailored towards data analytics and includes R.
  - glaberficken 10y ago
    Not sure about the difference between Anaconda and WinPython, but I can tell you that Anaconda was what I found when I needed to install python on Windows at work without admin rights. It works really well and installs most packages you would need.
  - analog31 10y ago
    One thing about WinPython is that it doesn't "install" itself in the Windows sense, but just lives in a directory. So you can remove it completely by just deleting it, or have multiple installs on a computer that are isolated from one another. I find it's easy for me to port one of my apps to a new computer and get it running quickly. This is handy because I share my stuff with colleagues worldwide, and also am deploying things in our manufacturing plant. Note that I happen to be in the "scientific Python" camp, and also use Python for controlling scientific instrumentation and test equipment.

analog31 10y ago

You're not alone. I appreciate Anaconda, though I happen to use WinPython right now. In fact I keep a WinPython installer in my pocket on a flash drive. The most important thing is that I can get a relatively vanilla Python program running on any computer that I bump into, without creating a potential future headache for the person who owns that computer. WinPython is almost like an isolated environment. But at the very least, if their instructions ensure that you can get an installation to the point of running the tutorial programs successfully, and learning Python rather than fussing with installers, I'm OK with it.

voltagex_ 10y ago
I don't think I've ever used any non python.org distributions - what's the difference between Anaconda and WinPython? Edit: Aha, Anaconda seems to be tailored towards data analytics and includes R.
- glaberficken 10y ago
  Not sure about the difference between Anaconda and WinPython, but I can tell you that Anaconda was what I found when I needed to install python on Windows at work without admin rights. It works really well and installs most packages you would need.
- analog31 10y ago
  One thing about WinPython is that it doesn't "install" itself in the Windows sense, but just lives in a directory. So you can remove it completely by just deleting it, or have multiple installs on a computer that are isolated from one another. I find it's easy for me to port one of my apps to a new computer and get it running quickly. This is handy because I share my stuff with colleagues worldwide, and also am deploying things in our manufacturing plant. Note that I happen to be in the "scientific Python" camp, and also use Python for controlling scientific instrumentation and test equipment.