This task was about learning to install python in a computer. In my case i have installed windows 8 as operating system in my personal computer.
First of all i searched for python in the internet and found the official page of the languaje: https://www.python.org/
In it i found there are a lot of versions of python, the most important as far as i now is the first digit of the version. For example Python 2.xxx or Python 3.xxx. Generally we can separate python in Python2 and Python3. For this course we will use Python3 therefore i downloaded Python3 for 64 bits. This is very important because if you install the wrong version i won´t work.
After i installed Python3 i realized it comes with the default IDLE which is useful; it also bring it´s own shell and a command line. In the shell and the commad line you can run simple lines of code to be testing your programms while you´re writing stuff, and that´s because Python it´s an interpreted languaje, it doesn´t need to be compiled to work. But for purposes of the class i will learn to use ATOM, which is a text editor. Then i installed “Cygwin” which is a shell (programm) in which you can run linux commands in windows. It´s kind of an interface which helps you to introduce yourself into the linux world. I found it difficult because i now nothing about linux but it´s interesting to learn that kind of stuff in addition it´s very useful as an student of electronics.
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