Coding in Python: a comprehensive Beginners Guide to Learn the Realms of Coding in Python

Executable Installer

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You should download and install Python executable installer on your
Windows operating system. The first step in this regard is to open your
internet browser and move to the Downloads section of python.org. Make
sure that you download and install only the version that has an executable
installer available for Windows. The approximate download size is about 25
MB. If your Windows is a 32-bit operating system, you should select
Windows x86 executable installer. If it is 64-bit, you should select Windows
x86-64 executable installer. However, even if you install the wrong version,
it is easy to uninstall it and reinstall it once again.
Run It
When the executable installer of Python has been downloaded, you need to
run it. Select Install launcher for all users. This will ensure that all users on
your system will be able to use it. Don’t forget to tick Add Python 3.8 to the
PATH box. This links the interpreter to the path of execution and facilitates
programming. Older versions don’t display this option.
In the next step, click on Install Now. When you have installed it, you will
see that you will get Python IDLE and Pip. You also can verify Python on
your system by navigating to the directory in which Python was installed or
by entering the word Python in the search bar. You also can check it through
Command Prompt by the name of the directory.
If you opt to install Python 2, you might not get Pip installed with it. Pip is a
powerful package and is very helpful in building software and machine
learning models. Therefore, you should make sure that the version you have
installed has got Pip installed on it.
You can also confirm if Pip is installed on your operating system or not by
opening the Start menu and typing the word cmb in the search bar. The
command will open the Command Prompt application in which you can write
pip –v. If the pip is installed on your system, you will see a line that starts
with pip 19.0.3. Otherwise, the system will say that it doesn’t recognize pip
as an external or internal command. When you open the Python interpreter or
IDLE, it will have text like the following:
Python 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:57:54) [MSC v.1924 64
bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.

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>>>
On the top is written the version of Python. If you have installed Python 2,
the text will be as follows:
Python 2.7.8 (default, Jun 30 2014, 16:08:48) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>>

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