Question

Python comes with “batteries included”, with a diverse collection of functionality available in standard library modules and functions.

References

• Standard library docs
• Python Module of the Week gives examples of usage.

Installing additional modules

Most of the time, we can use the pip package manager to install and uninstall modules for us. In general, all that is needed is to issue the command

pip install <packagename>

at the command line or

! pip install <packagename>

from within an IPython notebook.

Packages that can be installed using pip are listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI) .

Pip documentation is at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/ .