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Revision as of 14:47, 25 January 2013
This page contains setup instructions for A hands-on introduction to Python for beginning programmers.
To minimize setup time and maximize our time to learn together, please complete these 3 setup steps before you arrive at the tutorial.
If you have questions while completing these steps, please e-mail bpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org. If you want in-person help with these steps, please arrive at the tutorial location 30 minutes early (at 12:30pm) and we'll be happy to help you get set up.
Goal #1: Install Python
This section has instructions for installing Python and running Python from a command prompt.
Goal #2: prepare a text editor
In addition to being able to run Python, we want to have good text editor for writing Python code. If you have a preferred text editor for writing code, feel free to skip this step!
Goal #3: practice starting and exiting Python
We'll do much of our learning and practicing at an interactive Python prompt. So let's practice starting and exiting Python:
Success!
You are all set for the tutorial.