Question

hello every one hope you enjoy this course but in first stage i face problem to download IDLE for python though link is given but if i click that link ti's shown that file was removed
please give me a solution
thanks
Omar Faruk

Answer 1

I used the instructions from
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011/software/
and I found it pretty straight forward and easy...give it another go

Answer 2

The python installer is linked directly to the page

Answer 3

That's right
Python 2.5.4 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.5.6 instead, unless you need to use the Windows and OS X binaries provided here.
You can also choose the last version of 2.6
or even 2.7 (I'm using that and haven't encountered any problems so far)

Answer 4

@omarfaruk

Answer 5

I'm using 2.7.8 and haven't encountered any problems other than maybe my auto indention isn't working correctly. i believe as long as your not on 3.0 or above you'll be fine

Answer 6

2.7.x has a few differences that make it so you have a little easier time. In versions before that there were some gotchas in syntax that 2.7.x is part of the migration away from. Other than that, it is primarily the same and a good platform for learning the stuff. It also runs more reliably on newer machines. Some people have had 2.5.x not work in Windows 7 and 8.

Answer 7

try this: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/python-2.7.8.amd64.msi

Answer 8

@dww62730 Oh, and nobody should run 3.0.x. It had serious issues. 3.1.x and above is where they dealt with that.