Getting Started
With Python
ICS 3U0
Lesson Outline
Python Programming Language
Using the Python IDE - IDLE
Interactive Command Mode
Program Mode
Getting Python – At Home or Personal laptop
On your personal computer, go to:
https://www.python.org/downloads/
Download Python any version of Python after 3.6
What is Python?
What does this mean?
Interpretive Programming Language named after
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
Invented in the early 90’s by Guido von Rossum.
Open Source - Developed by a large team of volunteers
and is freely available from the Python Software
Foundation
What is Python … Continued
Widely used in industry – YouTube, NASA, NYSE
Web and Internet Development
Database Access
Desktop GUI’s
Scientific and Numeric
Network Programming
Software and Game Development
Widely used in education as a first programming language
University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, McMaster
Python’s IDE - IDLE
Most programming languages have an Integrated
Development Environment called an IDE.
An IDE is a software application that usually consists
of a source code editor, debugger and a compiler or
interpreter.
A popular Python IDE is called IDLE
Starting IDLE – At School
From your DESKTOP (or Applications) open on the
programming folder and then choose the
Python folder
The window that appears will look like this:
IDLE – Interactive Mode
The >>> is Python’s way of telling you that you are in
interactive mode. In interactive mode, what you type is
immediately run.
Try typing 1+1 in the window.
Python will respond with 2.
Try typing print("Hello, World!")in the
window (exactly as it appears here)
Python will respond with Hello, World!
IDLE – Program Mode
Go to File then New File. A window that looks like this will
appear:
In this window type the following:
1 + 1
print ("Hello, World!")
IDLE – Program Mode Continued
Your program didn’t run! In this mode, you need to tell
IDLE to run your program.
First save the program. Go to File then Save. Save it as
‘hello.py’ in your Exercises directory that you created in
lesson 1.1 on on your appropriate drive.
Now that it is saved, the program can be run. To run
the program choose -> Run -> Run Module.
Notice anything interesting?
IDLE – Interactive Mode Vs. Program Mode
Interactive Mode Program Mode
We will be using this We will be using this
mode to test what mode to write all of our
different commands will programs
do inside a program
Cannot save any code Can save our programs to
while in interactive mode use at a later time while
in program mode
