Anaconda on windows
What is anaconda?
Anaconda is a distribution of standard python plus ~300 frequently used packages. Anaconda is BSD licensed, which gives you permission to use Anaconda commercially and for redistribution. Anaconda comes with a software manager called conda. One of advantages of anaconda distribution of python over the standard distribution, as developer you do not have to think about the version conflicts, thus reduces a good amount of valuable time.
Install anaconda distribution for python.
Link: https://www.anaconda.com/download/#windows
Python: 3.6, 64-bit version. (See the screenshot below)
Update anaconda
Open anaconda prompt (Start -> Anaconda3 for python > Anaconda prompt) and run the following command
conda update --all -y
conda clean --all -y
Verify
Run the following command in anaconda prompt,
python --version
The command should display, something like this - Python 3.6.4 :: Anaconda custom (64-bit)
Launch jupyter
In the anaconda prompt, type the following to launch jupyter
jupyter notebook