In order to start working with Python and R, you need to do some installation. General SQL Server setup is not in the scope of this book. However, if you are completely new to Python (and R), it might be helpful to give you a very quick overview of the installation.
Once you prepare the environment, you will start immediately with Python programming. Anyway, time to get our hands dirty. In this section, you will learn about:
- Installing Python
- A quick demo of Python capabilities
- Python core syntax elements
- Python variables
- Basic data structures in Python
- Branching and looping
- Classes and objects
With SQL Server 2017, you get everything you need from Microsoft. There is no need to download any additional open source interpreter and/or client tool besides SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and Visual Studio (VS), unless you wish so. You just start SQL Server setup, and then from the Feature Selection
page select...