Spyder IDE

Opening Spyder

• For more detailed instructions about Anaconda and Spyder, click here: Installing Software for PHRM 8010 and Basic Programming with Python

1. Open Anaconda
   1. If you did it correctly, it will look like: Click to enlarge
2. Switch to the PHRM_8010-Python
   1. The top should look like
   2. The whole screen should look like: Click to enlarge
3. Click that is under Click to enlarge
4. You should see the following screen. Unlabeled looks like this: Click to enlarge. I labelled it, so that it is easier to talk about:
   1. Command Bar (top): This is at the top and has pulldowns and commands that you might use.
   2. Toolbar (second from top): This has icons to do various commands. On the far right is the location of the project.
   3. Project and Files Explorer (left pane): This is located on the left side. It shows the project directory and the files associated with it.
   4. Individual Files Explorer (middle pane): The middle pane shows you the individual files that are in the project that are separated by a tab. To put a file in there, double click a file from the Project and Files Explorer.
   5. Output Explorer (upper right pane): The pane is located on the upper right. There are tabs for help, plots, variable explorer and files.
   6. Console/History (lower right pane): The pane is located on the lower right. There are a tab for the console, which is the text output for the Python language and Python history.

Toolbar

Commonly Used Toolbar Icons

Icon	Command	Menu Command	Shortcut	Description
	New File	File ⇒ New File ...	Windows: Control-N MacOS: Command-N	This produces a new text file. You need to change the last two characters to py to make a Python language file. For example, newfile.txt ⇒ newfile.py
	Open File	File ⇒ Open ...	Windows: Control-O MacOS: Command-O	This command will open a text or a Python language file.
	Save File	File ⇒ Save	Windows: Control-S MacOS: Command-S	This command will save the file that is the front of the Individual Files Explorer pane of Spyder. The icon will be grayed out when all files are saved.
	Save All Files	File ⇒ Save all	Windows: Control-Alt-S MacOS: Command-Option-S	This command will save all the files in the Individual Files Explorer pane of Spyder. The icon will be grayed out when all files are saved.
	Run File	Run ⇒ Run	Windows: F5 MacOS: F5	Run the file that is in the front of the Individual file Explorer pane of the Syder program

Output Explorer

Commonly Used Output Explorer Icons

Icon	Command	Location	Description
	Remove All Variables	Variable Explorer	Variables get listed her as programs are run. However, it can get very cluttered. Therefore, sometimes you need to delete variables.

Other Important Icons

Other Important Icons

Icon	Location in Spyder	Meaning
	Individual File Explorer	This icon means that there is an error on the line of the program. If you hover over it, the error will appear
	Individual File Explorer	This icon means that it is a warning. This will occur if a Python language module, which you will get familiar with later, or a variable is not used in the Python language program.