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Anaconda Installation

In this chapter, we will discuss how to install Anaconda and use its various components, such as Python, IPython, Jupyter, and Spyder. In this book, we will not teach R, Python, Julia, or Octave. Thus, we assume that readers have some basic knowledge related to those programming languages, especially Python and R. There are many books available, such as Python for Finance by Yan (2017, 2nd edition) and Financial Modeling Using R by Yan (2016).

In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:

Installing Anaconda
Testing Python
Using IPython
Using Python via Jupyter
Introducing Spyder
Installing R via Conda
Installing Julia and linking it to Jupyter
Installing Octave and linking it to Jupyter
Finding help

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