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4. Breaking Free from the Interpreter

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Up until now we have used the interpreter to write our code. As each line is entered, the Python program interprets it and the processed line’s output is displayed onscreen. From now on we will use IDLE.

To quit the interpreter, if you haven’t already done so, press Ctrl+D or enter quit(). Keep the terminal window open though! We will need that shortly.

What Is IDLE?

Throughout this book we will use the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is included with the Raspbian IDLE, which is short for Integrated Development and Learning Environment ...

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