Downloading and Installing IDLE

To use Python, you first need to go to the following site:

https://www.python.org/downloads/

For these examples, I installed version 3.5.2.

This the page that you should see:


The installation should be straightforward, and you should be able to find Python in your list of programs.  Choose IDLE to start.


After you select this, IDLE should open and look like this:


If you have gotten this far, congratulations, you can now test your code in Python.  I cover the use of IDLE and show coding examples in follow-up posts.

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