Ways to Start Interacting With Python (Overview)

There are multiple ways of interacting with Python, and each can be useful for different scenarios. You can quickly explore functionality in Python’s interactive mode using the built-in Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL), or you can write larger applications to a script file using an editor or Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

In this video course, you’ll learn how to:

• Use Python interactively by typing code directly into the interpreter
• Execute code contained in a script file from the command line
• Work within a Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• Assess additional options, such as Thonny and Python’s IDLE