GA intro tutorial prep

This page contains setup instructions for the General Assembly class Programming for non-programmers: a crash course in Python.

Please complete these instructions before class starts.

= Goal #1: Install Python =

This section has instructions for installing Python and running Python from a command prompt.


 * Windows
 * OS X
 * Linux

= Goal #2: 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:


 * Windows
 * OS X
 * Linux

= Goal #3: create a Codecademy account =

We'll be using the online coding platform Codecademy to practice Python during this tutorial.

Please visit http://www.codecademy.com/ and create a Codecademy account.

= Success! =



You are ready for the tutorial.