Question

GUYS WHERE DO I GET THE PYTHON TO PROGRAM IN

Answer 1

For edx you want to go here http://www.enthought.com/products/epd_free.php
For ocw you can use above or go here http://www.python.org/download/

Answer 2

what is the point of using the enthought distribution?

Answer 3

it comes with idle, just like a phyton interpreter

Answer 4

The enthought distribution comes with additional libraries like pylab that you will need for the edx course. These can be installed manually with other distributions but it will be easier for most to get them as an all in one package.