How to get started with Python on a Mac machine.

get_started_python_on_mac.txt

1. Install pip on your system. 
   -- curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | sudo python
   -- sudo easy_install pip
2. Check python version
   -- python --version
3. Install PyCharm
   -- https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/
   -- Create a project in PyCharm -- Select an environment if you have multiple Python installations
4. Install Libraries
   -- pip install MySQL-python (for MySQL only)
   -- pip install SQLAlchemy (for a number of databases)
   -- pip install pandas
5. Basic Exercises
   -- Print numbers, strings, addition, subtraction, division etc.
   -- Explore data types -- lists, dictionaries etc.
   -- MySQL to pandas dataframe - https://gist.github.com/mvaz/2006493
   -- Watch this - https://www.datacamp.com/courses/introduction-to-relational-databases-in-python (I'll also take this course)
   -- And this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uVWjdAbgBg

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