Windows

• To install Python, use the installer found at http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/

• Python Extension Packages for Windows: provides unofficial 32- and 64-bit Windows binaries for many scientific open-source extension packages such as NumPy, SciPy, and Matplotlib.

• Getting IPython Notebook running on Windows 7: Once you've installed IPython, open a Windows command prompt and change to the C:\Python27\Scripts directory. Using easy_install (see link), install the pandas and tornado packages. You will then be able to run Notebook using the Windows command prompt from within the Python27\Scripts directory (but NOT an IPython terminal).

• You may also be interested in Spyder, and IDE for Python: https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/