One of the biggest differences is Python compared to Excel is that Python is open-source. Microsoft owns and operates Excel. While you can develop your own add-ins and user-defined functions, etc., it is still a proprietary product.
By contrast, anyone can develop almost anything for Python and easily share it — Python is a totally public programming language.
This opens up so many possibilities for using Python. Think of something you can do on a computer, and someone probably has written a Python library to do that.
This open-endedness of Python also can make it tricky for newcomers to manage these libraries and packages.
Fortunately one package offers a great way to download other packages (meta, right?).
This video from ProgrammingKnowledge2’s YouTube channel will walk you through how to download PIP on a Windows machine. (I am unsure about how this compares to Mac — most of my readers use Windows for its superior Excel software.)
Having this installed on your machine will make working with Python and following along with future tutorials much easier.
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