Google Colab is a free, cloud-hosted Python notebook solution. To get started with Google Colab, you just need to have a Google acount and access to Google Drive. From there, installation is only a few steps away from the Google Drive homepage:
Jupyter Notebooks uses the same type of environment as Google Colab, but runs locally on your computer. The easiest way to get started with Jupyter Notebooks is to use the provided installation with Anaconda
- Download Anaconda from the project website
- Follow the steps to install the correct Anaconda version for your system.
- After installation, to launch Jupyter Notebooks, open a command line interface and use the command
jupyter notebookwhen you've entered the directory that you want to work in (E.g. problem set folder).- If you're unfamiliar with how to navigate directories using a command line interface, refer to the Working with the Command Line module for more information.