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Overview

A good stuff for newbie for learning programming. Learning basics of Python language based on Learn Python - The Hard Way course.

Requirements

  • Windows, Linux or Mac OS X
  • Python 2.7
  • Pip (Python Package Manager)

Installing Python

Executing Python scripts from terminal

  • on Linux: Most of the Linux distributions should have enabled Python by default, so simply open terminal and type python to see if everything works.
  • on Windows: add /PythonXX (e.g. C:/Python27) into Path environmental variable. Location of the Python directory depends on your configuration. Next, re-run terminal window and type python
  • in order to check installed version of the Python, type: python --version
  • in order to exit python console type exit()

Pyhton code style guide

Like an art, code has a style too. This style is general guide if you want to learn how a developer writing a clean code and better readability. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008

Pip

Pip is a Python Package Manager.

Installing Pip on Windows
  1. Download: https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py script
  2. Execute: python get-pip.py
  3. pip.exe and easy_install.exe files now should be located at: /PythonXX/Scripts (e.g. C:/Python27/Scripts)
  4. Add /PythonXX/Scripts (e.g. C:/Python27/Scripts) directory into Path environmental variable.
  5. Re-run terminal window
  6. Type pip, to check if package manager works
  7. You can type pip --version, in order to check version of the pip
Installing Pip on Linux
  1. Open terminal
  2. Type sudo apt-get install python-pip
Installing Pip on macOS
  1. Open terminal
  2. Type brew install python3

This command will install python and pip.

Using Pip
  • In order to install desired package just type pip install desired_package (e.g. pip install Flask)
  • If you are working on Linux, type sudo pip install desired_package (e.g. sudo pip install Flask)
  • Index of available packages can be found at: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/
  • List of installed packages can be displayed with pip freeze command.