Download and Install Python

Quick reference

• 00:04 Okay, in this video, we're going to start to download the tools that we need for
• 00:07 the course, specifically the Python programming language.
• 00:10 So I'm on a Windows computer.
• 00:11 Hopefully you are too.
• 00:12 If you're on Mac or
• 00:13 Linux, you likely already have a version of Python that may work for this course.
• 00:18 It's a very old version by default.
• 00:20 So you probably want to uninstall or
• 00:22 at least install the latest version of Python.
• 00:26 So for Windows users, so we can come over here to the Download section and
• 00:29 just hover over this link.
• 00:31 And you can see we're on Python version 3.8.5.
• 00:34 Now these numbers change all the time.
• 00:36 No big deal if this is a different version number by the time you watch this course,
• 00:40 just download whatever the latest version is.
• 00:42 So go ahead and click this link, and click Save File.
• 00:45 Now we can save this anywhere we want.
• 00:46 I'm just going to save it to my Desktop.
• 00:48 And I've actually already installed this in the past, so
• 00:50 I'm getting a little error.
• 00:51 But I'll go ahead and click Yes to replace this, and
• 00:54 you can see it has downloaded now.
• 00:56 I'm on the Firefox web browser, and
• 00:58 you can see this little blue arrow in the top right corner.
• 01:00 That's where my downloads are.
• 01:02 If you're using the Chrome web browser,
• 01:04 they're down here in the bottom left hand corner.
• 01:06 A little box will pop up.
• 01:07 Whatever web browser you're using, just go to wherever your downloads are downloaded.
• 01:12 And click the thing, and then go ahead and click to open this file.
• 01:16 And when you do this screen pops up.
• 01:18 Now, again we're on version 3.8.5, and notice it says 32-bit.
• 01:22 Now chances are you're on a 64-bit computer almost all computers are 64-bit,
• 01:27 but that's okay.
• 01:28 The 32-bit version is actually the default version of Python.
• 01:31 It's the one you want, you can definitely go find the 64-bit version to download but
• 01:35 I don't recommend you do that.
• 01:36 Just go ahead and download this default.
• 01:38 Now before we install this thing, come down here and look and see this thing
• 01:42 right here that says Add Python 3.8 to PATH, and it's unchecked by default.
• 01:46 We absolutely have to check this box.
• 01:49 Make sure you check it and there's a little check mark next to it.
• 01:52 This is very important.
• 01:53 This allows Python to run everywhere on our computer.
• 01:56 If we don't check this little box, Python will only run in the Python directory and
• 02:00 that's no good.
• 02:01 That's not what we want.
• 02:02 Now, if you're on a Mac or
• 02:03 Linux, I don't think they have a PATH that you have to worry about.
• 02:06 But for Windows users, this is absolutely essential.
• 02:09 So after you've checked this box, come up here and click Install Now.
• 02:12 Now I've already installed this on my computer, so I'm not going to.
• 02:15 But you'll go ahead and click right here in this big box, and
• 02:18 another screen will pop up with an installation wizard that goes through.
• 02:22 And continues the installation automatically, and
• 02:24 then it will finish whenever it's done.
• 02:26 So one thing to note also, this custom installation,
• 02:29 a lot of people want to get fancy and click this custom installation.
• 02:32 I definitely recommend that you don't do that for this course.
• 02:36 We just want the default installation, which is this top one right here.
• 02:40 And the reason why we wanted it is because it includes things like PIP,
• 02:43 which is the Python installation program.
• 02:46 That allows us to install other things we're going to use throughout the course
• 02:49 and things like that.
• 02:50 So just go ahead and click this box at the top and finish the installation.
• 02:54 And then that's all there is to it.
• 02:56 Now, after you have finished the installation, there's nothing left to do
• 02:59 Python is just installed on your computer, and we can start to use it.
• 03:03 So that's all for this video.
• 03:03 In the next video, we'll install the Sublime Text Editor.

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