Learning Python - Installation Of Python On Windows 10

Introduction

In the last article "Learning Python - Introduction To Python", we discussed what Python is and most importantly, why to learn Python. In this article, we will discuss the steps to install Python on a Windows machine. I have Windows 10 on my laptop.

The following are the detailed steps to install Python on Windows 10.

Download the latest version of Python for Windows 10 - Download Python for Windows from here. The download page can be visited from here as shown below.

Learning Python - Installation Steps on Windows 10

Figure 1 : Python: Download page - here

Run the Setup

Python 3.7.3 executable will be downloaded.
Once the executable is downloaded successfully, run it as an administrator, as shown in the below figure.

Fig 2 : Python: Downloaded executable

Once we run the executable, the Python installation dialog appears as

Fig 3: Python - Installation dialog

Click on the “Install Now” option as shown in the above Fig 3.
Make sure Python is successfully installed

Fig 4: Python: Installation successful dialog

Once Python is installed successfully, you could see the Python editor, manual, and desktop app when we search for Python in “Search Windows” in the taskbar.

Fig 5 : Python: Once successfully installation searching "Python" from "Search Windows"

Or, we can also go through “Start >> All apps >> Python 3.7

Fig 6: Python: Folder in Windows after successful installation

Python Editor / Shell

Python editor/shell is installed with Python installable, we can open Python editor/shell.

Fig 7: Python: Opening Python shell installed with Python Setup

Once we open the Python editor, it looks like this

Fig 8 : Python: Python Sell/Editor

To start initially, there is help() available.

Fig 9: Python: help() in Python Shell

We could change the Python Shell settings from the top toolbar – “Options >> Configure IDLE”, once we click “Settings” dialog a box will appear as shown in the below figure, where we can change the theme and text color.

Fig 10: Python: Changing the Python shell settings - "Settings" dialog

We could also get the list of available “Python Keywords”, “Topics”, “Modules”, “Symbols” we can us respective commands like “keywords”, “topics”, “modules”, “symbols”.

Fig 11: Python: Displaying Python keywords in Python Shell

Finally, there is the quit() command available to exit the shell

Fig12: Python: quit() to exit the Python shell

Note

Here, these commands are case sensitive. This means if we will use “Keywords” instead of “keywords” we will get an error as,

Fig 13: Python: error for “Keywords" - its case sensitive, it should be “keywords”

Summary

Also, regarding Python Keywords, Topics, Modules, Symbol, we will discuss in detail in upcoming articles.