By Vicky Twomey-Lee in Dublin Feb. 11, 2014, 2:14 p.m.

Related event: Introduction to Python - Part 3 (Evening) (Mon 10 Feb 2014)

I ended it up a 1:1 workshop at KC Peaches yesterday evening and we worked our way through Learning Python the Hard Way.

A few things cropped up that would be useful for those working on a Window's machine

Command line

• cygwin
• MinGW
• PowerShell

GIS / Dataset

• numpy
• matplotlib
• Blaze

Windows packaging

• Chocolatey

Other

• virtualenv

If anyone has anything else to add, please comment below.

I will be running Intro to Python Part 3 workshop again, it will be on Saturday, 22nd Feb @ GameSpace Incubator, IFSC, D1. Details and tickets: http://codinggrace.com/post/75168432595/introduction-to-python-part-3