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Code editor

You're about to write your first line of code, so it's time to download a code editor!

There are a lot of different editors and it largely boils down to personal preference. Most Python programmers use complex but extremely powerful IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), such as PyCharm. As a beginner, however, that's probably less suitable; our recommendations are equally powerful, but a lot simpler.

Our suggestions are below, but feel free to ask your coach what their preferences are - it'll be easier to get help from them.

Gedit

Gedit is an open-source, free editor, available for all operating systems.

Download it here

Sublime Text 2

Sublime Text is a very popular editor with a free evaluation period. It's easy to install and use, and it's available for all operating systems.

Download it here

Atom

Atom is an extremely new code editor created by GitHub. It's free, open-source, easy to install and easy to use, but is only available as a prebuilt program on Windows and OS X at the moment. It'll be available prebuilt for Linux in the future.

Download it here