Python Environment Setup

Before start programming with python, you must have to setup your environment to successfully compile and run your python program.

Python Environment Setup Windows

Here are the steps to setup python environment on your windows platform. Let's consider you are downloading python 3.4.2

• Download "python-3.4.2" setup from internet
• Install it on your system
• Now goto Start -> All Programs -> Python 3.4 -> IDLE (Python 3.4 GUI - 32 bit). Open it
• After opening the Python IDLE, here is the sample window that will come out

Now, to write your python code, just go to the top-left of the window and then click FILE -> NEW FILE. Now, again a new blank window (code editor window) will come out which looks like:

You can use this window to write your python code. Now write the below code in this window, or just do copy and past operation of the code provided here:

# Python Environment Setup - Example
print("Hello Python, I am Environment Setup")

Write the above Python code in the code editor window like this:

Now press F5 key, a new window will come out like this:

This window will ask you to save the file, just press ENTER key or OK button. Then a new window will come out like this:

This window will ask you to save the file with name and python extension (that is .py). As above, you can save your python program with name 1.py and press ENTER key or SAVE button. Then here is the output produced by the above python program:

Now, you can type your python code in the code editor window and press F5 button to run the module, then press ENTER key or OK button to watch the output of the written python code.

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