

# Instaling Python
**Introduction**

Python is a widely used high-level programming language first launched in 1991. Since then, Python has been gaining popularity and is considered as one of the most popular and flexible server-side programming languages.
Unlike most Linux distributions, Windows does not come with the Python programming language by default. However, you can **install Python on your Windows server or local machine** in just a few easy steps.

 1. **Getting the Python Installer:**
		You need to open a browser and go to [python.org](https://www.python.org/)  and click on "Downloads"
   ![screen1](https://i.ibb.co/XVwtspT/1.jpg)
    
After going to the Downloads page, 
Click on the download button.

  ![Screen2](https://i.ibb.co/BBJnyVf/2.jpg)

On clicking the download button the Python installer will be downloaded.

 2. **Installing Python**		
	Now click on the downloaded installer to continue, and click "Install now", python will start installing:
	
  ![enter image description here](https://i.ibb.co/HVDLbMJ/3.jpg)

  ![enter image description here](https://i.ibb.co/3Yw7yrF/4.jpg)

After the installation is completed, the following screen will appear :
	
  ![enter image description here](https://i.ibb.co/Y3S9crw/5.jpg)
  
	and the installation of Python is done.

 3. **Understanding  the tools**
	Now 4 tools are installed in your PC , lets take a look at them,
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.ibb.co/DgjNq8z/6.jpg)


The IDLE is your development environment, open it up, and write some code , you can run it and experiment with it.
The second icon is your Python command line and will help you install other packages and other cool stuff.
The other two are documentaions and manuals.

You are pretty much done now and you can start experimenting with your new found skill and code something cool in python.  
