Download Installation of Python 2.7 and Spyder.

Installation of Python 2.7 and Spyder.
To install Python and Spyder you need to download and install the following items. Use the 32-bit
versions.
Python:
NB! Don’t install if you already have Python e.g. from ArcGIS.
Python 2.7.x can be downloaded from here: https://www.python.org/downloads/
Qt4:
Qt4 is required to install Spyder: https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download
Use the binary installers (.exe) to make the installation easier.
Spyder:
Spyder is found here: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/releases
Use the binary installers (.exe) to make the installation easier.
Rope:
Rope is not required but it enables autocomplete with Spyder which is very useful. Download rope and
copy it to the site-packages folder under the Python installation: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rope
Your site-packages folder should be located here: \Python27\Lib\site-packages
Anaconda
An even easier way to get Python is to install Anaconda: https://www.continuum.io/downloads
Note that you need the 32-bit version of Anaconda to use it with ArcGIS.
With Anaconda you get all you need incl. Spyder but there is one additional thing you need to do to be
able to run arcpy i.e. do programming directly with ArcGIS. Follow these instructions (ans #1):
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19795469/importing-arcpy-module-into-anacondas-spyder