At the Start menu, type idle, as shown in the picture to the right. Among the Programs, you should see at least one labeled IDLE. If you have more than one, choose the one that says Python 3.5. Something that looks like the picture below should pop up. It won’t look EXACTLY like the picture, since I am using a Mac. I have typed 2 + 2 in the picture, and IDLE has shown the result, which is 4. IDLE is waiting for me to type something at the triple-arrows. Continues on the next page. Instructions (continued): At this point, you should have open either a Pydev Console or IDLE. In either case, you can type in Python expressions. Work your way all through this document. But note: Don’t just type make sure you understand what is happening. – BRING YOUR QUESTIONS TO CLASS. The instruction the following” Type the item at the prompt in the PyDev “evaluate console (or IDLE), press Enter, examine what the computer spits back, and make sure you understand why that expression yields that result. For example, the first exercise below says to evaluate: + 8
At the Start menu, type idle, as shown in the picture to the right. Among the Programs, you should see at least one labeled IDLE. If you have more than one, choose the one that says Python 3.5. Something that looks like the picture below should pop up. It won’t look EXACTLY like the picture, since I am using a Mac. I have typed 2 + 2 in the picture, and IDLE has shown the result, which is 4. IDLE is waiting for me to type something at the triple-arrows. Continues on the next page. Instructions (continued): At this point, you should have open either a Pydev Console or IDLE. In either case, you can type in Python expressions. Work your way all through this document. But note: Don’t just type – make sure you understand what is happening. BRING YOUR QUESTIONS TO CLASS. The instruction “evaluate the following” Type the item at the prompt in the PyDev console (or IDLE), press Enter, examine what the computer spits back, and make sure you understand why that expression yields that result. For example, the first exercise below says to evaluate: + 8
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