- Python Introduction
- Python - Overview
- Python - History and Evolution
- Python - Significance in Modern Development
- Python - Understanding Python's design philosophy and the Zen of Python
- Python - Installing Python and Setting up the Development Environment
- Python - Setting Up the Development Environment
- Python - Basic Syntax and Execution of Python Scripts
- Python - Getting Started to Python
- Python Basics
- Python - Control flow (If statements, Loops - For and While)
- Python - Operators (Arithmetic, Comparison, Logical, Assignment)
- Python - Arithmetic Operators
- Python - Comparison Operators
- Python - Logical Operators
- Python - Assignment Operators
- Python - Integers (int)
- Python - Floats (float)
- Python - Strings (str)
- Python - Loop Control Statements
- Python - Loops
- Python - If Statements
- Python - Python's built-in functions
- Python - Using Built-in Functions
- Python - Examples of Common Built-in Functions
- Python Data Structures
- Python - Understanding Lists, Tuples, Sets, and Dictionaries
- Python - Lists
- Python - Tuples
- Python - Sets
- Python - Dictionaries
- Python - Operations on Data Structures (Indexing, Slicing, Appending, Removing)
- Python - Advanced Usage
- Python - Advanced Data Manipulation Techniques (List Comprehension, Dictionary comprehension)
- Python - List Comprehensions
- Python - Dictionary Comprehensions
- Python Functions and Modules
- Python - Defining a Function
- Python - Function arguments and return values
- Python - Function Arguments
- Python - Return Values
- Python - Defining and calling functions
- Python - Using the Return Value
- Python - Calling the Function with Arguments
- Python - Creating a Module
- Python - Importing a Module
- Python - Creating a Package
- Python - Importing from a Package
- Python - Creating and importing modules and packages
- Python - Introduction to Python standard libraries.
- Python - File and Directory Access
- Python - Internet Data Handling
- Python - Networking
- Python - Data Persistence and Serialization
- Python - Data Compression and Archiving
- Python - Concurrent Execution
- Python - Mathematics
- Python - Date and Time
- Python - Development Tools
- Python Object-Oriented Programming
- Python - Understanding classes and objects
- Python - Understanding Classes
- Python - Understanding Objects
- Python - Inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism
- Python - The constructor, class variables, and instance variables
- Python - Magic methods and their importance
- Python Error Handling and Debugging
- Python - Exceptions
- Python - Working Code Sample Demonstrating Both
- Python - Handling exceptions with try-except blocks
- Python - Syntax Errors versus Exceptions
- Python - Using logging for Debugging and Error tracking
- Python Working with Files
- Python - Reading from and writing to files
- Python - Writing to a File
- Python - Reading from a File
- Python - Combined Example of Reading and Writing
- Python - Understanding file handling modes
- Python - Common File Handling Modes
- Python - Working with different file formats (text, CSV, JSON)
- Python - Working with Text Files
- Python - Working with JSON Files
- Python - Working with CSV Files
- Python Web Scraping
- Python - Introduction to Beautiful Soup and requests library
- Python - Beautiful Soup
- Python - Requests Library
- Python - Legality of Web Scraping
- Python - Overview of web scraping and its legality
- Python - Combined Example: Using Both Requests and Beautiful Soup
- Python - Conclusion
Python - Installing Python and Setting up the Development Environment
Installing Python and Setting up the Development Environment
In this section of the Python tutorial, we will teach you how to install Python on your computer. So you can start writing and running the Python program.
How to Download Python?
Visit the Python website at python.org and head, to the Downloads section. Select the version that works with your operating system (Windows, macOS, or Linux/UNIX). If you're new to Python, it's best to go for the stable version. Any version of Python can be downloaded from the Python software foundation website at python.org.
Choosing the Right Python Version
Python 3.0 is the latest version and is recommended for new projects. Python 2.0 reached its end of life and is no longer supported.
You can use this link (https://www.python.org/downloads/) to directly download the latest version of Python.
Installing Python on Window
- Download the Python installer for the window from the above-given link.
- Run the installer.
- Ensure you check the option that says "Add Python X.X to PATH" before hitting "Install". This step is essential as it enables access to Python from the command line.
- To verify the installation, open the command prompt and type 'Python –version' to check whether Python was installed or not.
Installing Python on macOS
- Download the Python installer for macOS from the above-given link.
- Run the installer, including any specific options for the macOS users.
- Open the terminal and type 'Python –version' to verify the installation.
Installing Python on Linux
- Using the package manager.
- Linux distribution comes with pre-installed Python, but users may need to install or update it.
- Ubuntu/Debian uses the following command for download and update: 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python3'
- Fedora: ' sudo dnf install python3'
- Arch Linux: 'sudo pacman –s python'
- Open the terminal and type 'pyhton3 –version' to verify the installation.
Installing an IDE
An IDE is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to developers and programmers in their software developmental needs. In a greater perspective, an IDE usually includes tools that make coding easier.
- Choose an IDE that is recommended for beginners, such as IDLE, VS Code, or PyCharm.
- To install IDLE, download the latest version of Python and install it on your system. Once installed, search for IDLE in the Windows search box to access it.
- To install VS Code, download it from the official website (https://code.visualstudio.com/) and then install the Python extension.
- To install PyCharm, download it from the official website of PyCharm (https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/?section=windows).
