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Python for Beginners, Part 1: How to Download and Install Pythonby@cleverprogrammer
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Python for Beginners, Part 1: How to Download and Install Python

by Clever ProgrammerOctober 18th, 2021
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In this video, we're gonna learn how to install Python in less than five minutes. We will be up and running super fast and get to working on some cool stuff. The first thing you have to do is open a new tab in Chrome or Internet Explorer in Firefox or Chrome, type in Python 3 download. The next video will show how to download and install Python 3. The video will also show how easy it is to run your Python code with idle. It's working. We will see you in the next video.

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I will show you how to download and install Python in less than 2 minutes! We will be up and running super fast and get to working on some cool stuff. So what are you waiting for, let's get started!

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00:00- Two questions.

00:01Why are you so beautiful and what the heck

00:04was I just talking about?

00:05Today we're gonna learn how to install Python

00:08in less than five minutes.

00:10So let's get started.

00:10(crackling)

00:17Okay, so the first thing you have to do

00:19is open a new tab in Chrome or Internet Explorer

00:21or Mozilla Firefox.

00:22Go to your web browser, type in Python 3 download.

00:27Simple as that.

00:28Click the first thing that your eye can see or can't see.

00:31That's how fast you should be clicking.

00:33And instead of Python 2.7, let's go to the latest version

00:37and install Python 3.51.

00:40You get this download bar at the bottom here,

00:41click continue, continue, continue, agree, right?

00:46You can read those licenses, but just do it.

00:50And simply hit install.

00:53So I'm gonna hit install, I'm gonna type in my password,

00:55let's wait for the install.

00:57Alright, so our download was successful.

00:59Move to trash.01:01Alright, after you're done installing it,

01:05I want you to do something simple and look for

01:07an app called idle.

01:09You should now have it, and effectively here,

01:13you should be able to run your Python code.

01:15Let's try five plus five, boom!

01:17It's giving us something.

01:1810 times 20, yes.

01:20X is equal to five, x times five,

25.01:23It's working.

01:25Print "Hello".

01:28It's all working.

01:29Amazing, we're up and running, you guys,

01:31in just, I don't know, less than five minutes.

01:34Let us simply type in our terminal.

01:39If you're sitting on Mac, you would nee to type in term

01:43like this, hit enter, and you should come to this screen

01:46and if you type in Python, it should now be running

01:50your Python as well, and you should be able to just type

01:53your code in here.

01:54So, this is how you install Python

01:56and I will see you in the next video.