Python Learning

  Python  Syntax As we learned in the previous page, Python syntax can be executed by writing directly in the Command Line: >>> print("Hello, World!") Hello, World! Or by creating a python file on the server, using the .py file extension, and running it in the Command Line: C:\Users\ Your Name >python myfile.py Python Indentation Indentation refers to the spaces at the beginning of a code line. Where in other programming languages the indentation in code is for readability only, the indentation in Python is very important. Python uses indentation to indicate a block of code. Python has no command for declaring a variable. You will learn more about variables in the  Python Variables  chapter. Comments Python has commenting capability for the purpose of in-code documentation. Comments start with a #, and Python will render the rest of the line as a comment:

  Python  Getting Started Python Install Many PCs and Macs will have python already installed. To check if you have python installed on a Windows PC, search in the start bar for Python or run the following on the Command Line (cmd.exe): C:\Users\ Your Name >python --version To check if you have python installed on a Linux or Mac, then on linux open the command line or on Mac open the Terminal and type: python --version If you find that you do not have Python installed on your computer, then you can download it for free from the following website:  https://www.python.org/ Python Quickstart Python is an interpreted programming language, this means that as a developer you write Python (.py) files in a text editor and then put those files into the python interpreter to be executed. The way to run a python file is like this on the command line: C:\Users\ Your Name >python helloworld.py Where "helloworld.py" is the name of your python file. Let's write our first Python fi