WinPython - Documentation. Monday, October 12, 2015

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The best way to start working on python over the Windows environment is using WinPython. It’s a

portable version of python and do not need to set any environment path.

Download - http://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/

Current version - Download WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.5.exe (280.5 MB) (The exe is a compressed file and

will open and extract the WinPython package. One can move the whole ‘WinPython -64bit-3.4.3.5’ folder

anywhere the want.)

Install new API, extension – I one needs to install any extension from command prompt just open the

‘WinPython Command Prompt.exe’ command prompt inside the ‘WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.5’ folder.

Working on python – Open the ‘Spyder.exe’ as it’s a simple and graphical interface IDE for python.

Create a new python file – Create a new file in the Spyder IDE and save where you need to, then write

the code which you want. Lets see an example of creating a process for getting the data from database

and checking the dates in the column for the ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ fomat.

Please check the file and run in spyder.exe

dbConnection.py

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dbConnection 9Oct2015y.py

For learning – open ‘IPython Notebook.exe’ inside ‘WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.5’ folder.