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Chapter 2. Installing Python

When learning a new language or software application, I like to have it installed and up and running on my machine so that I can “doodle” as I read. In anticipation of the possibility that you might like to doodle too, we start by getting Python and the XML package for Python up and running on your machine. We attack Python installation in this chapter and the installation of the XML package in the next chapter.

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