This has got to be THE most basic of questions, but it seems to me the instructor is using a Python shell with IDLE on the menu bar. Where do I find such a shell once I've downloaded Python from its home site

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This has got to be THE most basic of questions, but it seems to me the instructor is using a Python shell with IDLE on the menu bar.  Where do I find such a shell once I've downloaded Python from its home site

anonymous · Answer

Since you've downloaded it from python.org, it should have come with IDLE. Check your installation directory for it (like C:/Program Files/PythonXX/ if you are running on Windows. XX are replaced by numbers, representing Python's version, i.e., Python27 = Python 2.7 etc)

anonymous · Answer

open start menu , all programs then python then open ur python version

anonymous · Answer

The instructors are using Macs.  If you are using a Mac you don't need to download anything.  Just open Terminal and type "python" and after the next prompt type "import idlelib.idle".  You can then open new windows to do your coding in through all the  normal means.