This is the second part in a multi-part series on how I built this site. In the last post, we set up our development environment including Python, a new virtual environment, installed the pelican and markdown packages and set up git. In this post, we will use the pelican-quickstart command to get the blog off the ground. We are also going to create a first_post.md file and serve up the website locally so we can take a look at it.

This is the first part of a multi-part series on how I built this site. In this first post, we'll review the development environments, Python, virtual environments, installing Python packages and set up git.

To start a new Python project, it is best practice to create a new virtual environment. I have the Anaconda distribution of Python installed on my Windows 10 machine at work. When you install Anaconda, it comes with the very useful Anaconda Prompt. Using the Anaconda Prompt is a bit …

In this post, we will run through installing the Anaconda distribution of Python on Windows 10. I think the Anaconda distribution of Python is the the best option for undergraduate engineers who want to use Python. Anaconda is free (although the download is large which can take time) and can be installed on school or work computers where you don't have administrator access or the ability to install new programs.