Getting more tools – a text editor
To create Python applications, we're going to need a proper programmers' text editor. A word processor won't do because the files created by a word processor are too complex. We need simple text. Our emphasis is on simplicity. Python3 works in Unicode without bolding or italicizing the content. (Python 2 didn't work as well with Unicode. This is one of the reasons to leave it behind.)
If you've worked with text editors or integrated development environments (IDEs), you may already have a favorite. Feel free to use it. Some of the popular IDEs have Python support.
Python is called a dynamic language. It's not always simple to determine what names or keywords are legal in a given context. The Python compiler doesn't ...
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