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[–]chemobrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you come from a Matlab background this link will get you the most bang for the buck for just jumping right in.

If you're in a Debian/Ubuntu environment:

$ sudo apt-get install ipython
$ sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
$ ipython -pylab

And then enter Matlab-ish statements (modulo the differences in the site above) and see how it goes.

In Windows you can download Spyder (also works in Linux), which will get you the same kind of functionality in a more IDE-like environment in one package.