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Create Your First Python Program

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

Download Python

To download Python, navigate to https://www.python.org/. Go to Download and click on Download Python 3.12.2 button.

Once you click on Python 3.12.2, the setup file will be downloaded. You can double-click on the setup file to install Python.

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

This is what the development environment looks like.

To create your first program, click on File → New File.

A blank window will appear as shown in the picture below.

Write the code to print the string using the print function in Python.

To save the program, go to File → Save.

A popup window will appear to save the file. Enter the file name as Hello.py (or you can give any name) and click on the Save button.

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

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