1. A one day crash course on Python
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A one day crash course on Python

2. Agenda Morning Python, Python in VS (lightning talks) Afternoon
IPython, numpy/scipy/pandas, debugging, machine learning
Agenda

3. History 90 95 00 05 10 now Python 1.0 Python 2.0 Python 3.0 Python 2.7
Python is born
now
IPython on Azure
Python in NT
IronPython 1.0
PTVS 1.0
PTVS 2.1
Zope
SciPy
Django
numpy

4. Usage scenarios
Misc: Mobile, Games, etc.

5. Who uses Python?

6. CPython DL’s for Windows
35,000,000 (python.org, 2013)
PTVS
PTVS: ¼ million downloads for v2.0
Academia
#1 teaching top US Unis
Popularity
#4 “most popular” #5)
Data / Scientific
“Python is the official language of Science”
Stats

7. But why? print(‘hi!’) The Language Built-in Being OSS & Free
The License
The Community
Academia
Cross Platform
The Libraries
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8. Libraries (beyond numpy/scipy/IPython/ pandas/scikit-learn, …)

9. Distro, pkgs, pkg managers
Major Distros
Anaconda
Canopy
WinPython
ActivePython
Python(x,y)
Installers
pip
easy_install
conda
“py2exe”
Pkg Repos
PyPI
binstar / Anaconda
Canopy / Enthought
Gohlke (windows)
Distro, pkgs, pkg managers

10. Interpreters CPython IronPython Jython Pypy Misc
Reference, max library compat
Best for C interop
IronPython
Runs on .Net
Best for C# interop
Jython
Runs on JVM
Best for Java interop
Pypy
Tracing JIT
Good for numerics
Misc
Numba
Pyston
Stackless

11. IDEs and REPLs Python Tools for Visual Studio * PyCharm
PyDev (Eclipse)
IDEs and REPLs
Wing
Komodo
IPython notebook (Browser based)
* Windows only 

12. Summary Python’s a great addition to your toolbox
It has a Microsoft friendly license
It’s available in VS and on Azure
Azure Website support
Azure ML support (coming soon)
Summary

13. One day crash course on ML
ML tutorial on scikit-learn by Olivier Grisel
10am-4pm
Link/info will be on Python Day website soon
TOMORROW

14. Call To Action Tools & learning
Install Anaconda distro (includes IPython)
Install Python Tools for Visual Studio & Python Azure SDK
Learn/brush up on Python
Product
Please provide Python interfaces for your product/service
Build xplat commands/tools/etc. in Python
Please provide Python runtime support in your products
Call To Action

15. Resources https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/
A Crash Course in Python for Scientists
Exploratory computing with Python
Lectures on scientific computing with Python
Machine learning/sklearn intro
Resources