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- Download the latest version of Python3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/
- Click Install Now, check both boxes (Install launcher and Add Python to PATH)
- Download VSCode for Windows from https://code.visualstudio.com/download
MacOS/Linux
- Python3 and pip may have already be installed, you can check this by opening up your terminal and typing in python3 --version and pip3 --version
- depending on your package manager your OS uses, do
- MacOS: brew install python
- Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python
- Fedora: sudo dnf install python
VSCode
- Extension > Install the Python Extension
- Click Select an Interpreter, Python 3.8.5 should show up on the list
- If you get a message that Linter pylint is not installed, install it
- Create a new file called "hello.py"
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