Installing Python¶
Before you can start programming in Python, you will need the Python interpreter. The Python interpreter helps translate Python into machine code.
Please follow Corey Schafer’s video Python Tutorial for Beginners 1: Install and Setup for Mac and Windows. He will forward you to the Python Download page and show you what to do. You may also want to follow his other Python videos. They are all well done.
An Integrated Development Environment (IDE)¶
When you watch the video Corey will recommend some IDEs like PyCharm and Atom. I suggest you get VS Code and it’s Python Extension. It’s currently the most popular IDE. Microsoft also has a Getting Started with Python in VS Code tutorial (optional).
Corey Schafer also has a couple videos about VS Code specifically (optional viewing):
What next?¶
Next, just try the Interpreter Check assignment to make sure everything worked.
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Adapted for Python from Graham Mitchell’s Programming By Doing