Anaconda Python already ships with IDLE, and here's how to create a shortcut. Python 2.0 was released on October 16, 2000, with many major new features, including a cycle-detecting garbage collector (in addition to reference counting) for memory management and support for Unicode. One thing: in LING 1330/2330, we will be focusing on interpretive shell interface via IDLE rather than Jupyter Notebook you probably have been using. That works too! Make sure to update it to the latest 3.X version. That way, you can make sure you are working in the exactly same setup with the rest of the class, which just might save you some headache stemming from a configuration unique to your machine. If you previously installed an earlier version of Python 3 (say, 3.6.1 or something), then you should either update it or simply un-install it and then install the newest version of Python 3. Already have Python 3 but older version.If you already have a working version of Python on your laptop, you might be wondering if it is OK to keep it or you should re-install. Don't forget to take care of some IMPORTANT configuration issues.Go ahead and try it out! Video tutorial here.

If everything goes fine, you should see an IDLE shortcut in your START menu.

Double-click the downloaded file and proceed with installation.

Alternatively, if you start from the release page such as, you should scroll all the way to the bottom and choose 'Windows installer (64-bit)'.

This downloads the 64-bit version of the latest Python release (3.9.6 as of August 2021). Click 'Downloads', then download the latest version from there:

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