WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.690 --> 00:00:01.580 Hi and welcome back. 2 00:00:01.580 --> 00:00:04.620 In this video, we're going to be installing Python. 3 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:07.960 All you have to do is go to python.org, 4 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:10.310 then hover over the downloads tab, 5 00:00:10.310 --> 00:00:12.320 and click on the appropriate version. 6 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:14.850 At the moment, we're on Python 3.7, 7 00:00:14.850 --> 00:00:16.893 but this may increase later on. 8 00:00:18.030 --> 00:00:20.870 All content in this course works with all Python versions 9 00:00:20.870 --> 00:00:23.590 from 3.5 onwards, so don't worry too much 10 00:00:23.590 --> 00:00:26.480 about which Python version you're installing. 11 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:29.340 If you're using macOS, just click on the installer, 12 00:00:29.340 --> 00:00:32.120 and follow it as you would for any other programme. 13 00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:33.840 If you're on Windows, though, you may need 14 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.503 to change some settings, so let's look at that now. 15 00:00:38.710 --> 00:00:40.570 On Windows, the process is the same. 16 00:00:40.570 --> 00:00:43.340 Go to python.org, hover over downloads, 17 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:45.460 and download it for Windows. 18 00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:49.140 Do make sure that you are using Windows Vista or after 19 00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:52.933 as Python 3.5-plus cannot be used on XP. 20 00:01:02.550 --> 00:01:04.960 Once you've opened the Python installer on Windows, 21 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:09.100 you gotta make sure that add Python 3.7 to PATH, 22 00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:12.290 this checkbox down here is checked, 23 00:01:12.290 --> 00:01:15.440 you do need that for everything to work well, 24 00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:18.070 as that allows other programmes to use Python, 25 00:01:18.070 --> 00:01:19.970 and because we're gonna be using PyCharm, 26 00:01:19.970 --> 00:01:21.570 that's gonna come in very handy. 27 00:01:21.570 --> 00:01:24.000 Once that's checked, you can just go ahead 28 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:25.783 and click on instal now. 29 00:01:27.470 --> 00:01:29.280 And that's gonna go through and instal Python 30 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:30.283 in your computer. 31 00:01:31.350 --> 00:01:33.900 If you're on Windows 10, once the installation completes, 32 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:37.390 you will be able to disable the path length limit. 33 00:01:37.390 --> 00:01:40.250 What this means is that in some cases you may have 34 00:01:40.250 --> 00:01:43.740 a file path that is longer than the limit for Windows, 35 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:45.730 but you can allow Python to bypass it, 36 00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:49.983 which gives you more flexibility for really no drawbacks. 37 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:53.710 If you're using Windows 8 or earlier, 38 00:01:53.710 --> 00:01:56.090 that option won't be there, but that's okay, 39 00:01:56.090 --> 00:01:57.930 don't worry too much about it. 40 00:01:57.930 --> 00:02:01.583 Once that's done, you can close and you can launch IDLE. 41 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:05.800 So do make sure you open the Python 3.7 version, 42 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:09.210 or whichever other version of Python you want to open. 43 00:02:09.210 --> 00:02:10.560 Alright, that's everything for this video. 44 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:11.710 Thank you for joining me. 45 00:02:11.710 --> 00:02:13.220 We've learned how to instal Python 46 00:02:13.220 --> 00:02:14.960 and now we're ready to move on. 47 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:16.510 I'll see you in the next video.