Starting to code in Python

[TechSage]

Can someone just list the things I need to download and specify the name. Don't just say "compiler" but give me an actual compiler. Although I believe that python doesn't need a compiler.

I already read books on python so I believe I know what I'm doing. I just need all the programs I have to download so my code can become ALIVEEEE

[WorldDominator]

idle and I used python 3...that's all you need if i remember correctly

[alpenwasser]

What OS are you using?

Most Linux distros have python in their repositories, depending on what you

want to do it might be necessary to install both Python2 and Python 3.

If you're on Windows, you can download Python2 and 3 here.

That's basically it, unless you start working with libraries/extensions/modules

or whatever they are called in Python, then you'll of course need to install

those individually as well.

[TechSage]

idle and I used python 3...that's all you need if i remember correctly

What should I use, Python 2 or 3. I want a language that used by a lot of people so I can get help easily, but I also want it to benefit me in the future. Also, is python 2 harder than python 3 because newer means easier usually, in programming.

[alpenwasser]

What should I use, Python 2 or 3. I want a language that used by a lot of people so I can get help easily, but I also want it to benefit me in the future. Also, is python 2 harder than python 3 because newer means easier usually, in programming.

Learn both. You should be able to use Python 2 if you are serious about things because

many projects still use it and will most likely continue to use it far into the future

since it would be too expensive to port them to Python 3.

For your own stuff, I recommend going with version 3 unless you have a very compelling

reason not to.

[TechSage]

Learn both. You should be able to use Python 2 if you are serious about things because

many projects still use it and will most likely continue to use it far into the future

since it would be too expensive to port them to Python 3.

For your own stuff, I recommend going with version 3 unless you have a very compelling

reason not to.

Alright thanks! And I just want to make fun viruses that I will test on my laptop. Such as a key logger that just records every key stroke... Sort of like this

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Edit: I will not be creating malicious hardware that does harm, I'm indeed a white hat hacker.