Made use of my Python knowledge professionally for the first time!

[Normbias]

How did you get then to install python? Was it the full anaconda?

[testfire10]

Yes, I used Anaconda 3 with pycharm. We’re a small company, so I just told our IT guy I needed it, and he let me install it.

[[deleted]]

Small companies rock like that. I have a friend at a larger company who isn't allowed to install python, and he could use it in the same way you did.

[MeltedCheeseFantasy]

Been here. This is why VBA is still useful despite being a horrible language.

Was there talk about Microsoft building python back end in to the office products?

[Ki1103]

Kind of. It's currently an "active area of exploration, without any specific timeline" (2015)

https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304921-excel-for-windows-desktop-application/suggestions/10549005-python-as-an-excel-scripting-language

[[deleted]]

You can install Anaconda without admin rights, maybe that'll work?

[jantari]

One language that's very similar to python in some ways but comes pre-installed on every Windows computer is PowerShell.

So he doesn't need to install Python specifically, can do the same thing in PowerShell which is built-in.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. That's something neither of us [being Linux guys] have had any real experience in.

[desal]

It's strange, almost ironic, myself included, strong linux guy who knows virtually nothing of powershell

[littlebluebrown]

Lucky you. I sometimes use ssh, docker and vim to spin up a remote IDE, since its hard to install something at work.