However, if you want to run Python on your own computer, follow the instructions below.
Many Windows PCs and Mac computers already have Python pre-installed.
To check if Python is installed on Windows, search in the start bar for Python or run the following on the Command Line (cmd.exe):
C:\Users\Your Name>python --version
To check if you have python installed on a Linux or Mac, then on linux open the command line or on Mac open the Terminal and type:
python --version
If Python is not installed on your computer, you can download it for free from the official website: https://www.python.org/
Python Quickstart
Python is an interpreted programming language, this means that as a developer you write Python (.py) files in a text editor and then put those files into the python interpreter to be executed.
Let's write our first Python file, called hello.py, which can be done in any text editor:
hello.py:
print("Hello, World!")
Simple as that. Save your file. Open your command line, navigate to the directory where you saved your file, and run:
C:\Users\Your Name>python hello.py
The output should be:
Hello, World!
Congratulations, you have written and executed your first Python program.