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Python 2 - Get Started

Python Install

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Python Install

Many PCs and Macs will have python already installed.

To check if you have python installed on a Windows PC, search in the start bar for
Python or run the following on the Command Line ([Link]):

C:\Users\Your Name>python --version


To check if you have python installed on a Linux or Mac, then on linux open the
command line or on Mac open the Terminal and type:

python --version
If you find that you do not have Python installed on your computer, then you can
download it for free from the following website: [Link]

Python Quickstart
Python is an interpreted programming language, this means that as a developer you
write Python (.py) files in a text editor and then put those files into the python
interpreter to be executed.

The way to run a python file is like this on the command line:

C:\Users\Your Name>python [Link]


Where "[Link]" is the name of your python file.

Let's write our first Python file, called [Link], which can be done in any
text editor.

[Link]
print("Hello, World!")
Simple as that. Save your file. Open your command line, navigate to the directory
where you saved your file, and run:

C:\Users\Your Name>python [Link]


The output should read:

Hello, World!
Congratulations, you have written and executed your first Python program.

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