Part I — Getting Started

Part I — Getting Started#

The fastest way to use this book is with Google Colab — a free, cloud-based Jupyter environment that requires no installation.

What you will learn

  • How to open and run notebooks from this book in Google Colab

  • What Jupyter Notebooks are and how they work

  • How to install and manage Python packages

If you prefer to work locally, see the Python Installation & IDE Setup appendix.