First Line of Code

1. Open IDLE , which it’s an simple IDE (integrated development environment) for beginners.
2. After open IDLE, you will see a white window which is Python Shell (it will show our program’s out put later on). Click on File -> New File or Ctrl+N to open another window which we can write code in.
3. In the new window, type print("Hello World!") , it should shown like this:
4. Click Run -> Run Module or F5 to run your code. If it’s the first time you run, it will promote you to save it first.
5. After running your program, you should see something like this in Python Shell:
6. Congratulations! Your now know the work flow of creating a Python program and how to run it!

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Some code in this handout have a Run button under it, you can directly run it and edit it without leaving the page. Here’s an example:

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