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🚀 Open ChatGPT

Python in 3 Steps

Pick your computer. Click Copy. Paste. Press Enter.

Step 1. Open Terminal. Paste this. Press Enter.

brew install python

Step 2. Make a test file on your Desktop:

echo 'print("Hello from Mac!")' > ~/Desktop/hello.py

Step 3. Run it:

python3 ~/Desktop/hello.py
On an iPhone or iPad? You can read this page, but you cannot install Python here. Use a Mac or Windows laptop/desktop.

Step 1. Get Python from python.org. Run the installer and ✅ check “Add Python to PATH.”

Step 2. Open Notepad. Type this. Save as hello.py on your Desktop:

print("Hello from Windows!")

Step 3. Double‑click hello.py. 🎉

On an Android phone/tablet? You can read this page, but you cannot install Python here. Use a Mac or Windows laptop/desktop.

🧠 Tips & Lingo

  • App / Program: the thing you run.
  • Script (.py): a file with Python code.
  • GUI / Window: a screen with buttons and boxes. In Python, use tkinter.
  • Text box (Entry): where you type words.
  • Button: you click it to make something happen.
  • Run: start the program (like python file.py).
  • Error: a mistake. Copy it into ChatGPT and ask, “Explain and fix.”

Need help? Click Open ChatGPT and try: Make a tiny tkinter window with a text box and a Make Read button.