Chapter 1. Getting Set Up to Gain Business Intelligence

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Installing Anaconda
  • Installing, configuring, and running MongoDB
  • Installing Rodeo
  • Starting Rodeo
  • Installing Robomongo
  • Using Robomongo to query MongoDB
  • Downloading the UK Road Safety Data dataset

Introduction

In this chapter, you'll get fully set up to perform business intelligence tasks with Python. We'll start by installing a distribution of Python called Anaconda. Next, we'll get MongoDB up and running for storing data. After that, we'll install additional Python libraries, install a GUI tool for MongoDB, and finally take a look at the dataset that we'll be using throughout this book.

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