appendix A Installation and setup

Python’s growth in popularity means it has become more common for it to be installed on your system by default, but that isn’t always the case. And sometimes its presence on your system is a problem: some versions of macOS ship with Python but use a much earlier release. This appendix briefly outlines some of the choices you have when setting up your system and where to find more information.

A.1 Installing Python

There are several ways of getting Python onto your computer, some of which are specific to an operating system. Personally, I use https://www.python.org/, the home of Python, and download the installable packages directly. Packages are available for Windows (in 32-bit, 64-bit, and ARM64 variations), ...

Get Django in Action now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.