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Create your first python program

In this article, we will create our first python program.

Download python

To download python

1. Navigate to https://www.python.org/

2. Go to ‘Download’ → Select Python 3.7.2

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3. Once you click on ‘Python 3.7.2’, a file with extension .exe will be downloaded.

You can double click on exe and install python.

IDLE

IDLE stands for Integrated Development and Learning Environment. It is a development environment for creating python programs.

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This is how the development environment looks like

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Create your first program

To create your first program

1. Click on File → New File

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2. A blank window will appear as shown in figure below

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3. Here you can write your traditional ‘hello world program’.

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Save the file

Once you have created the program, you can save the program using following steps

1. Go to File → Save.

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2. A popup window will appear to save the file on hard drive. Click the file name as ‘Hello.py’

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3. Click on ‘Save’.

To run the program, press F5. Once you run the program, you will get following output

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, January 24, 2019

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