Hi, I’ve got MAC OSX, Maverick 10.9, with Python 2.7 downloaded. The Python folder contains a few application files:
Build Applet
Idle
Python Launcher
I’ve just watched Recitation 1 video: intro to coding concepts. It seems that there is a window - an editor window where I enter code, which then shows the results in the Idle window. Where do I find the editor window?

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Hi, I’ve got MAC OSX, Maverick 10.9, with Python 2.7 downloaded. The Python folder contains a few application files: 
Build Applet
Idle
Python Launcher
I’ve just watched Recitation 1 video: intro to coding concepts. It seems that there is a window - an editor window where I enter code, which then shows the results in the Idle window.  Where do I find the editor window?

e.mccormick · Answer

Open idle. Then open a new window. Nice overview of lots of stuff: https://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/

anonymous · Answer

I use an external editor, sublime to write my code. Save it as a xxxx.py.Then to compile it I open terminal navigate to the folder with my file, and (as an example) run python calculateinterest.py. If I want to see the return value of a function I simple add print(function_name(3)) to the bottom of the file.