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2.Running Python Program-IDLE,Interactive Shell, Jupyter, How Python works

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  Download the latest release of Python from  www.python.org   depending on your OS Windows,Linux or Mac Complete the installation.This will also install IDLE( Integrated Development Environment). Visit  https://docs.python.org/3/library/idle.html  to get complete details of IDLE. 1.Open IDLE by clicking the application icon 2.Open File menu and click New File and type your first script ( Eg: print("welcome to Python") 3.Save your file with .py extension ( Eg:test.py) 4.From the  Run menu  click the  Run Module(  or press F5-short cut).This will run the script 5.From the  File  menu choose  Exit  to quit from IDLE How to Run Python Code Interactively A widely used way to run Python code is through an interactive session. To start a Python interactive session, just open a command-line or terminal and then type in python, or python3 depending on your Python installation, and then hit Enter. Here’s an example of how to do this on Linux: Open Terminal ( Control-Alt-T) $ python3