Python Lesson 0

Getting your environment setup

Verify Python 2.7 is installed

Open Terminal
Type python -V and hit Enter
You should see 'Python 2.7.13' or something similar

Create a folder for your projects

i.e. ~/cse-101

PyCharm

Download PyCharm

Download here
Open PyCharm
Change the theme to Darcula for more wins

Hello World!

Create your first project

In PyCharm, on the Welcome Screen press Create New Project
Navigate to your project folder, and give the project a name. (Should look like ~/cse-101/project001)

Time to code

In PyCharm, right click on your project folder in the view on the left, and select New > Python File
Name the new file hello-world
In the new file type

print "Hello, World!"

Right click in the file and select Run 'hello-world'

References

Google's Python Course
anandology's Python Practice Book
CodeMentor's Python Cheatsheet for Data Science