The first thing that we need to do is download the Anaconda distribution, which will give you all of the software that you need to complete the course. To get the Anaconda distribution open up your browser and go to anaconda.com. Once you get to the website, you'll see this free download button in the top right. Click that and then you'll be able to download the Anaconda distribution by clicking on this button. And if you need a different installer for a different operating system, you can see there are buttons for that below. But I have a Windows machine, so I'm gonna click this one. Once the download is complete, you can open it up and you'll see this Anaconda installer. You can follow the prompts And then hit install, and it will begin installing the Anaconda distribution on your machine. Once the install is complete, you can hit next and then next again, and then finish.

The installer will automatically take you to Anacondas website where they have some resources to help you familiarize with the distribution, and the Anaconda Navigator will launch, which is what you see initializing right here. I'm going to go ahead and close this website down, but this is a good thing to bookmark for future reference. And once it's finished loading, you'll see the Anaconda Navigator, which is this user interface that gives you access to everything inside the Anaconda distribution.

Anaconda includes many different applications, but the one that we are going to use the most in this course is Jupyter Notebook, which is essentially like Excel is for creating spreadsheets. Jupyter Notebook provides you with an environment for coding. If you've opened up the Anaconda Navigator and you can find Jupiter Notebook, then you have all of the software that you need for the rest of the course. I'll see you in the next lesson.