Review questions and exercises

1. What is Anaconda? How do we use its platform?
2. What is the home page for Anaconda?
3. How do we install Anaconda?
4. After Anaconda is installed, should we install Python separately? What about R?
5. What is Jupyter? How do we launch it?
6. How do we launch Python from Jupyter?
7. How do we use Python via Jupyter?
8. What is Spyder and how do we launch it?
9. Write a Python program to estimate the present value of the annuity, as shown in the following formula:

pv(annuity) is the present value of the annuity, C is the periodic payment, R is the discount rate, and n is the number of periods.

1. Find out how many packages are available after you have installed Anaconda. (Hint: check the link at https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/packages/pkg-docs.)
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using https://jupyter.org/try?
3. Where can new users find more information about Anaconda?
4. What is the Julia programming language?
5. How do we install Julia and how do we call Julia from Jupyter?
6. How do we install Octave and link it to Jupyter?
7. How do we find help for Jupyter?
8. Where can we find lots of open data?
9. For Python and R, calculate the value of 2³ (2 raised to a power of 3).
10. How do we launch R independently?
11. How do we use Spyder to load a Python program and run it?