This tutorial gets you started with the Anaconda Python programming environment.

There are (at least) four ways to use Python in Anaconda

• the editor in Spyder
• the IPython interactive console
• the Anaconda Prompt (a terminal)
• Jupyter Notebooks (not covered in this tutorial)

All four work in slightly different ways, which can be confusing. The purpose of this guide is to give you clear usage instructions.

IPython         : type the command + <ENTER>

Editor          : <F9>

Anaconda Prompt : python

IPython         : %run my_script.py

Editor          : <F5>

Anaconda Prompt : python script.py

IPython         : x

Editor          : print(x)

Anaconda Prompt : -

IPython         : pwd

Editor          : same location as your code (F5)
                  or the current path in

Anaconda Prompt : pip install pillow

In IPython and the prompt, you can type:

• ls or dir show you files in the current directory.
• cd path to change to the directory path
• cd .. to change one directory up

IPython         : view previous commands: %hist

Editor          : save the program to a file

Anaconda Prompt : install Python packages with:
                  pip install pillow

Get it from www.anaconda.com/download/

if it does not work:

• Install Python 3.6 from www.python.org
• Install Pillow from the command line: pip install pillow

• easy: dice.py
• medium: warhol.py
• hard: logo.py

Change one of the programs to create your own image.

The source code is (c) 2017 Dr. Kristian Rother (see https://github.com/krother/python_showcase)

Published under the conditions of the MIT License