On Mac simply start the Terminal application. On Windows, type 'Anaconda Prompt' into the search box to launch an Anaconda terminal window. To use this mode you simply open a terminal window and launch the Python interpreter in interactive mode.
Python is an interpreted language, so one mode that you can use Python in is an interactive mode. If you would like to use an IDE, I recommend the P圜harm Community Edition IDE. To write Python programs with a simple text editor you will want to use a text editor that offers support for the Python language: I recommend BBEdit for Mac OS X or NotePad++ for Windows. To program in Python you can use either a combination of a text editor and a terminal window, or you can use an integrated development environment. The bin folder in that Anaconda folder contains a Python interpreter. The installation process will create an Anaconda folder on your hard drive. To download the installer for Anaconda, go to and click the button to download the Python 3.6 version. The Anaconda distribution contains the latest version of Python, a large number of useful libraries for scientific programming, and other useful tools. For all three of the Python tutorials this year we will be using the Anaconda Python distribution.
