Exercise 0. The Setup

This exercise has no code. It is simply the exercise you complete to get your computer to run Python. You should follow these instructions as exactly as possible. If you have problems following the written instructions, then watch the included videos for your platform.

Warning!

If you do not know how to use PowerShell on Windows, Terminal on macOS or bash on Linux then you need to go learn that first. You should do the exercises in the appendix first before continuing with these exercises.

macOS

Do the following tasks to complete this exercise:

1. Go to https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/ and download the version titled “Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit installer.” Install it like you would any other software. ...

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