Interested in learning Python? Jack Wallen takes you through your first steps in building a simple application to take user input and write it to a file.

That’s how to run a Python script in terminal or CMD. It’s a very straightforward process, but it’s extremely handy if you ever want to quickly carry out a bespoke task.

This post explains how to install Python on Linux, Windows, or Mac. We will also set up an editor so that you can start coding!