Programming Tools

So far, all the programs you have written and executed in these lessons have been within the web pages themselves. This option is fine for starting out and following tutorials, but to program more professionally, you need to do it directly on your computer, saving the programs to your disk and using powerful tools.

To follow this course, you will only need to install two tools:

• The first is the Python interpreter, that is, the engine that runs Python programs and allows adding new capabilities.

• The second is the code editor, that is, the tool that lets you write and modify programs, save them, retrieve them, ...

Below is an explanation of how to install these necessary tools to be able to program on your computer and follow the course. The instructions given depend slightly on your operating system and take a bit of time to carry out, but you will only have to follow them once.

If you use Windows, also check out these videos.