Python is a popular language well known for its simplicity.
File Extension
If you don't know what a file extension is, it's the end of a file that tells your computer what kind of file it is. For example, codeRED.txt. In this example, txt is the file extension for plain text format. Python uses the .py extension. To download Python, go to https://www.python.org/downloads/ to get it.Â
Open Notepad (Windows), TextEdit (Mac) or gedit (Ubuntu/Linux), type some code out, then click File >> Save as... Name it something like example.py, then open your file explorer (File Explorer on Windows, Finder on Mac or Nautilus/Dolphin/Nemo on Ubuntu/Linux) and find the example.py file. Right-click on it, and select Edit with IDLE >> Edit with IDLE 3.11 (64 bit) or something similar, it depends on what version of Python you're on. In this tutorial, we'll be learning Python 3.x.