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Anna R Dunster

What are your thoughts on using Anaconda? I've done a couple online courses and so far they've all started with installing python via anaconda. It has its own package management and virtual environment stuff (or at least its own commands for them).

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

Honestly, I've never used it. I know Anaconda is a Python distribution platform geared specifically towards data science. If you like it, by all means, enjoy it. :3 But you should know how regular Python works, and then find out what makes Anaconda different. I don't know much about it at all.

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Anna R Dunster

Makes sense. Everywhere I've seen commands they look pretty similar. I wouldn't be surprised if conda is using a lot of the same stuff behind the scenes, but I don't actually know. (it is definitely recommended to NOT use pip to install anything if you're using conda, though...or if you absolutely must, do it last.)

I'm not sure how I like it, comparatively, having not done anything with Python without it. Sometimes it seems like more overhead than necessary, though.