CST445 Module 1 Part 1 Getting Started With Python
CST445 Module 1 Part 1 Getting Started With Python
CST 445
PYTHON FOR ENGINEERS
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Getting Started with Python Programming
► Guido van Rossum invented the Python programming language in the early
1990s.
► Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language for solving
problems on modern computer systems.
► The language and many supporting tools are free, and Python programs can run
on any operating system.
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Instructions for downloading and installing
Python
► Downloads
► http://www.python.org/
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Running Code in the Interactive Shell
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Python - IDLE
► IDLE (Integrated Development and Learning ► IDLE can be used to execute a single
Environment) is an integrated development statement just like Python Shell and also to
environment (IDE) for Python. create, modify and execute Python scripts.
► The Python installer for Windows contains the ► IDLE provides a fully-featured text editor to
IDLE module by default. create Python scripts that includes features
like syntax highlighting, autocompletion and
► IDLE is not available by default in Python
smart indent.
distributions for Linux.
► It also has a debugger with stepping and
► It needs to be installed using the respective
breakpoints features.
package managers.
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Python - IDLE