What environment do i need to practice Python ?

Question

Hello fellow developers :) I'm a windows user (pc). I'd like to practice Python. Do i need to setup a specific environment, like, for instance, a local LAMP is needed for PHP ? If so, what do i need ? Thanks for your insights !

Answer 1

i don't think so. for windows all you need to do after installing pythom is setting up environment variables and after that you don't need to tweak anything

Answer 2

Just download Python from https://www.python.org/ and install it your PC.Then use your Python console for run your code.You can also use IDE like Pycharm to do this.

Answer 3

if you have installed python look for the directory where you installed it C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\Lib\idlelib
once you are inside the idlelib directory double click on the file in there called idle.py and pythons shell / IDE called IDLE will start . You can make and save new files with it and it's relatively easy to use.
If you don't want to install python but just want to experiment with short code samples check out http://www.codeskulptor.org/ you can run simple code and it also has a useful visualization tool for code execution to help learning. It has a good summary of python features on the site to refer to while learning the language and the capacity to implement simple graphics for games run in a chrome browser on the site . Note however it's for Python version 2.

Answer 4

Oh that's perfect, thanks for your answers :)

Answer 5

Can ST3 be used as an IDE for Python ?