Q. Does the Library have Python installed on its computers?

Library does not have Python installed on its computers, but:

1. MSEC has Spyder, an open-source integrated development environment (IDE) for Python, installed its computers 
2. There are free, cloud-based Python programming environments 

Regarding the latter, Jupyter Notebook-powered platforms, such as Kaggle Notebooks (free) or Google Colaboratory (free, with costs for access to advanced features or computing power), don't require any installation and can be accessed online from anywhere using a web browser. (While Python programming in Jupyter Notebook platforms, there are some limitations and use cases where they aren't ideal.) 

• Jupyter Notebooks 
  • https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebook.html
  • https://www.kaggle.com/code/jhoward/jupyter-notebook-101
• Kaggle Notebooks 
  • https://www.datacamp.com/blog/what-is-kaggle
  • https://www.kaggle.com/docs/notebooks
  • https://www.kaggle.com/code/pmarcelino/comprehensive-data-exploration-with-python
• Google Colaboratory (Google Colab) 
  • https://colab.research.google.com/
  • https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tutorial/Why-and-how-to-use-Google-Colab
  • https://www.tutorialspoint.com/google_colab/index.htm

While going into depth is beyond the scope of this FAQ, for students wishing to program/code in Python on their own computers, the following IDE are available for free: 

• Spyder [ https://www.spyder-ide.org/ ]
• PyCharm [ https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ ]
• Visual Studio Code + Microsoft's Python extension for Visual Studio Code + Python [ https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-quick-start ]