Python, PyGame, and Raspberry Pi Game Development

© Sloan Kelly  2019

Sloan KellyPython, PyGame, and Raspberry Pi Game Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4533-0_3

3. Introducing Python

Sloan Kelly¹ 

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Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

 

In this chapter we will introduce the Python language. At this stage we’re only interested in understanding the format or syntax of the Python language and its keywords. Python is an interpreted language, meaning that it requires another program called an interpreter to run any code that we write.

The Python interpreter program is called Python and is an executable program. When you run Python from the command line by itself then you will see the following:

pi@raspberrypi ∼ $ python

Python 2.7.9 (default, Jan 13 2013, 11:20:46)

[GCC 4.9.2] on linux2

Type "help", "copyright", ...