Installing Python and Selecting IDE

Installing Python and Selecting IDE
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Installing Python
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Go to the following website to download the required packages for installing python

https://www.python.org/downloads/

It will automatically download with respect to your operating system but make sure to download 64 bit if you have 64 bit operating system so as to use Python to a better extent.

It's better to choose Python 3 because the support for Python 2.7 will be only upto 2020.

Once installed add python bin directory to the PATH variable. During installation itself it can be done.

Pip gets installed along with python if you install Python 3.


Selecting the IDE
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As on now Pycharm seems to be the best in class available IDE and it's Community edition which is completely free. You can also get a month subscription of enterprise edition for free..



what else python can do ?

Listing few other options that can be done using python.

Bottle, Django and Flask - Web Frameworks
QT - Cross platform desktop application
RasberyPi - IOT
Scientific Development
Android Application
TensorFlow
Automation Scripts