Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to install Python and get to a place where we can begin working on real code. We looked at running Python in a command-line window and using it to perform experiments and calculations. We examined how to make the best of Python's command line and its extensive help library.

We learned about installing, uninstalling, and upgrading the packages using pip. We also got a pretty good idea of how to find third-party code to help us move our projects along, using the Python Package Index.

In the next chapter, we'll work through the steps to create and work with our own Python code packages.