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# Launch the Notepad++ text editor. See the [[Chicago Python Workshop |
# Launch the Notepad++ text editor. See the [[Chicago Python Workshop/Setup/Windows_text_editor|Windows text editor setup]] instructions for the steps to do this. |
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# Start a new, blank text file. |
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===Run the script=== |
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# Start a new command prompt. See the [[Chicago Python Workshop |
# Start a new command prompt. See the [[Chicago Python Workshop/Setup/Windows terminal navigation|terminal navigation on Windows]] instructions for the steps to do this. Recall that a terminal prompt will look like <code>C:\</code> and a Python prompt will look like <code>>>></code>. Make sure you are at a terminal prompt and not a Python prompt; if you are at a Python prompt, you can type <code>exit()</code> on a line by itself and then hit enter to exit Python and return to a terminal prompt. |
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# Navigate to your python directory, which is in your desktop directory, from a command prompt, using the <code>dir</code> and <code>cd</code> commands. See the [[Chicago Python Workshop |
# Navigate to your python directory, which is in your desktop directory, from a command prompt, using the <code>dir</code> and <code>cd</code> commands. See the [[Chicago Python Workshop/Setup/Windows terminal navigation|terminal navigation on Windows]] instructions for a refresher on using these commands. Don't hesitate to get help from a staff member on this step if you need it -- it's a new way of navigating your computer, so it may be unintuitive at first! |
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# Once you are in your python directory, you'll see <code>hello.py</code> in the output of <code>dir</code>. |
# Once you are in your python directory, you'll see <code>hello.py</code> in the output of <code>dir</code>. |
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