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