Installing Python
We will be installing Python 3.11 for this class.
Windows
Visit the Python download page. Click on the button to download the installer:
Open the downloaded file and you will see the installer screen:
Click the check box that says Add python.exe to PATH
.
Then click the large Install Now
button.
MacOS
Visit the Python download page. Click on the button to download the installer:
Open the installer and you will see the first screen:
Click the Continue
button several times and you will eventually get to the last screen:
Click, the Install
button and when it is finished you will see this window, which you can close:
You will also see this window opened in the Finder:
Double-click the file called Install Certificates command
, which will do one last step to ensure Python has the certificates it needs to download files safely over the Internet.