Beginning python | setup invironment

Before starting with python, you should know how to install python, IDE to code python.

- Download python from python website, in this post i've used python2.6.6: python2.66

- OK. if you use linux ex ubuntu default python is python version 2.6.6 and you don't need to install python any more.

- Install python-setuptools will help you easy install any library for python
[download here]

If you use ubuntu or same unix as centos you can install by type this command in terminal

• sudo apt-get install python-setuptools [ubuntu]

• sudo yum install python-setuptools [centos]

- After all, you need an IDE, Aptana 3.0 is the best IDE for python
After install aptana you need config python directory in cofiguration, see image below

Now open aptana choose pydev perspective and write helloworld program
Press Alt+Shift+N -> Pydev Project

print "Hello world"

press Ctrl + F11 to run and you can see result in console "Hello world"