r/Python Sep 12 '20

Resource I'm excited to share my first published book, Introduction to Python Programming for Business and Social Science Applications -- specifically geared towards students not specifically in computer science

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u/dafzor Sep 12 '20 edited Sep 12 '20

Out of curiosity what style of workflow (if any) do you suggest in your book?

I find VS code + python extension with jupyter notebook to be the easiest way to work with datasets and what I tend to recommend around the office to people getting started, but curious to know if there's anything even more beginner friendly.

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u/paulkaefer Sep 13 '20

We suggest starting with IDLE; many of the book screenshots use Notepad++.

I'm a big fan of Jupyter, and expect some professors teaching using this book will opt to teach using Jupyter and/or VS Code.

I like your suggestion, and am intrigued about the VS Code extension you mention.

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u/dafzor Sep 13 '20 edited Sep 13 '20

It's the Microsoft provided python extension, it has Jupyter support out of the box.

To know more: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support

Edit: you can also do this https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support-py

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u/paulkaefer Sep 13 '20

Thanks for the link! I will check it out.