First created: Tuesday 8th March 2005, 7:28 PT, AHD

Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2007, 11:00 PT, AHD

Creating and running a Python program using the IDLE editor

1. Start IDLE ...

You will then see a window entitled "Python Shell" ...

2.  From the Python Shell window, select New Window from the File menu.

3.  You will see a window entitled "Untitled"

4.  From the File menu, select Save As,

     and select a folder to save your Python program file.

5.  Select a folder to save your file in.

6.  In the File name: text box, type: program1.py

7.  Then click on the Save button.

     You will then see a blank editor window ready

     for you to type in your Python program.

8.  Type in the following text into this window

     (make sure the word print is all in lower case):

     print  "Hello World!"

     The text will automatically change colour to look like this:

print "Hello World!"

9.  To run this program, select Run Module from the Run menu.

     You should see a reminder to save the Source (your program).

     Click on OK to save.

     Then you will see your program running in a Python Shell window.

10.  Close all Python windows to quit Python.

IMPORTANT:

To open your Python file again,

locate the file in the folder,

click once on the file name it to highlight it,

then right-click on the mouse to see the options shown in

the screen below, and select Edit with IDLE

to open the editor window.

From the editor window (the window with the program's name in the title bar),

select Run Module from the Run menu to

see the program run in the Python Shell window.

    Select Open from the File menu.

     Select Exit from the File menu.