Required software

Note

This is a very short course. Please make sure that you come to class ready to participate!

Install the required software listed below, and make sure you have a Google account and a Github account. If you have any questions before the course, please contact me!

Required Software

All software is free and open source!

We will use VSCode as our Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Python.

• Install VSCode.

Once you have installed VSCode, install the following extensions:

• Python
• Jupyter

We will also use git for version control.

On Mac:

• You should already have git. To check, open Terminal and run git --version.

On Windows:

• Install Git BASH.

For more information / other operating systems, see: Github – Install Git.

Other requirements

To get up and running quickly, we will use Google Colab. Please make sure that you have a Google account and that you can access Colab.

We will also use GitHub for collaboration on the final challenge. If you don’t already have an account, please Register.

Tip: Sign up for Github with your @ucl.ac.uk email. Github’s Education Benefits give you access to a lot of free stuff! You can also link your academic email to an existing Github account. When you’ve done this, you can apply for GitHub academic benefits.