SGZurichPython2019

Extra material for SG Zurich Python courses (2019)

Install Python

Please visit Anaconda

Select Windows or MacOS
Click download for Python 3.7 version
Save it (.exe or .dmg), it's ~ 600 megs
Launch the installer (.exe or .dmg)
Follow the steps (not need to change the defaults) and install.

A Anaconda folder should be created, either in the start menu (Windows) or the app launcher (MacOS). In that folder you should see a Jupyter Notebook application with the following icon :

If not found: please type "Jupyter" right after opening the Windows start menu / or in MacOS finder:

It will launch a new window (text based console application), and it will open a link in your default web browser (Chrome, safari, Firefox or Edge are fine), the Jupyter notebook file browser

Do not close that window:

We will work in the web browser from here, it's a web based file browser, usually you can see your home folder, and manage notebooks/folders from here :

Next, create a new notebook :

It will open a new tab in the current web browser (and create a notebook file in your home folder), with the following content (here in french):

Nice ! Now try some coding, type :

2+2

And hit Shift + Enter to execute.

Wow !

EmailAccount

Site : GMX
login : sgzurich2019
password : will be given in time

TODO : Notebook on email connection + load data

MarketData

Install extra packages

We need to get our hands dirty in the terminal, like real hackers !

Open a terminal on Windows: Windows key + R, type: cmd, hit enter
Open a termnial on Mac: lookup in the app launcher for terminal

Type and hit enter for each line :

pip install alpha_vantage
pip install pandas_datareader

Download and run the notebook

Open this link, then right click on [Raw] and select Save As|Download As (depends on your browser) => saves the file in your home folder where you can open it with the Jupyter file browser.