From the course: Python for Students (2019)

Getting set up on a Mac - Python Tutorial

From the course: Python for Students (2019)

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Getting set up on a Mac

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- [Instructor] One of the great benefits of Python is how easy it is to get started. Most modern operating systems will come pre-installed with the reference implementation of Python and if not, you can easily download it for free. In this video, I'm going to show you how to get set up if you're using a Mac. If you're on a Windows machine, go ahead and skip to the next video. So, let's get going. The first thing we want to do is visit python.org. So I'm going to ahead and do that now. From here, we're going to visit the Download section, go to your operating system, and you'll be able to just, with one click, download Python. All right, so I'm going to go down here and click on it and it's going to automatically open the installer. So I'm going to go ahead and click Continue. Just continue to click Continue through the read me and the license. Go ahead and agree to the license terms and then pick the destination where you want to install the Python software. The default destination is fine. I'm going to go ahead and click Continue and again. I'm going to enter my password and click Install Software. Great, we now have Python installed. The reference implementation of Python also come preloaded with a light weight developer environment called IDLE which stands for integrated development and learning environment. I'll be using IDLE today as it is the fastest way to get Python programs running. IDLE is located here under the Finder and I'm just going to double click. So now that you've downloaded Python and you have IDLE open, you're ready to write some code.

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