In this book, the following software will be required:
The operating systems are as follows:
Any operating system with Python 2.7 or higher installed
Microsoft Windows XP or superior for Chapter 10, Excel with Python
A 64-bit host operating system with 4 GB of RAM for Chapter 7, Big Data with Python
One of the following Python distribution packages that include Python, SciPy, pandas, IPython, and Matplotlib modules, which will be used throughout this book: