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Install Jupyter Notebooks Without Anaconda
It is easier than you think
Jupyter Notebook remains one of the best editors. On the strength of its simple, attractive design and easy navigation, I’d choose it over PyCharm.
Well, it depends on the project.
Unlike the robust PyCharm, which is an IDE, Jupyter is a user-friendly editor that is great for data analysis on account of its clear background and fast as well as impressive display.
Enough praise.
Most tutorials on the internet focus on how to install Jupyter Notebook using Anaconda. It’s as if you can only install Jupyter with Anaconda. This is not so.
Why is Anaconda so popular for installing Jupyter Notebook?
Among the reasons is that once you install Anaconda, you get running using Jupyter. Another reason is Anaconda provides preinstalled libraries on the notebook. The environment is already set up and the problem of dealing with bugs while installing some libraries doesn’t exist. For example, if you want to use the NumPy library or BeautifulSoup4, they are already preinstalled on the notebook!
I also wouldn’t have considered installing Jupyter Notebook in another way if Anaconda hadn’t stopped working on my computer and couldn’t be fixed through troubleshooting.
