What you need for this book

This book assumes some familiarity with programming concepts, but those without programming experience, or specifically Python programming experience, will be comfortable with the examples as they focus on pandas constructs more than Python or programming. The examples are based on Anaconda Python 2.7 and pandas 0.15.1. If you do not have either installed, guidance will be given in Chapter 2, Up and Running with pandas, regarding installing pandas on installing both on Windows, OSX, and Ubuntu systems. For those not interested in installing any software, instruction is also given on using the Warkari.io online Python data analysis service.