3. Installing Python

Python is one of the most popular and modern programming languages in the world. It is completely free to use. Despite its simplicity, it has many applications from building websites to machine learning, from making games to website scraping. Some well-known uses of Python include: Netflix’s recommendation algorithm, viewing videos on YouTube, various star-gazing applications by NASA, Facebook's infrastructure and many more! In our class, we take a closer look at what Python is, what it can do, and how you can start learning it.

Here at Pythagorean Coders, we recommend Spyder, it is a friendly "IDE" (integrated development environment) that is excellent for the mathematical Python programming that we would be doing. To download Spyder, please visit and follow instructions at https://www.spyder-ide.org. If you get stuck, we can help you in class. If you prefer to use other IDEs, you are more than welcome to.