Installing scientific computing packages for Python in MS Windows
Enhanced Python distribution by Enthought
On the Windows platform, it is probably easiest to download and
install the
Python Enthought Distribution by Enthought, Inc., sponsoror,
contributor and champion of SciPy. The Enthought edition bundles the
Python interpreter (version 2.7) along with many useful packages for
scientific computing (and, fortunately, most of what we need for the
computational methods course).
Although you will not need everything provided in the Enthought
bundle, the one-stop shopping (almost) is recommended.
Download the package from the
download page, follow the installation instructions,
and complain
(politely, of course) to Enthought if something goes awry.
VPython: 3D Programming for Ordinary Mortals
VPython is not currently part of the
Enhanced Python Distribution for Windows, but it is used for a few
modules in the computational methods course.
Go to the VPython download page
for Windows, and download the VPython exe file (currently
VPython-Win-Py2.7-5.74.exe).
Note: You do not need to download the Python exe from
the VPython page, since the Python Enthought Distribution
has already installed Python for you.
For more options see: github.