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Portland Python Project Night

Resources for New Python Programmers

We're happy to have you here at the Portland Python Project and Study Night. Mentors are around to help, so don't be afraid to ask if you need any help.

Installing Python

Should I use Python 2.7 or Python 3?

Unless you have a specific reason to use Python 2.7 we'd recommend that you start with Python 3. After all, it's the future of the language.

Installing

  • Download python from python.org.
  • If you're on Mac OS X and have Homebrew installed, then you can install Python 3 with brew install python3.

What Editor Should I Use?

There are plenty of great options for editing your python code. Some our favorites are:

  • Idle -- Integrated Development and Learning Environment (comes with Python!)
  • Atom -- A free and open source text editor from GitHub
  • Sublime Text -- A popular commercial text editor
  • Vim -- A free and open source text editor
  • GNU Emacs -- A free and open source text editor
  • PyCharm -- A full featured Python IDE. The community edition is free to download

Tutorials and Classes

Books we like