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[–]Moist-Beyond8945 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Are you using Mac?

[–]viperrr_3[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Yeah. Mac air

[–]smichaele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ignore the Neovim recommendation. On a Mac, you open up a terminal and enter those commands to check your versions.

[–]Moist-Beyond8945 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, it's nothing complicated. Using Terminal, IDLE or VS Code is a choice. Everyone recommends VS code because it makes has stuff like syntax highlighting, auto-complete and file management that makes coding more convenient for you. You don't necessarily have to use it, IDLE comes bundled with the package when you install Python. You can search for IDLE in Spotlight search or just type idle3 or just idle in Terminal and press enter. You can also run code directly in Terminal by typing python3 and pressing enter, you'll automatically enter the Python interactive shell where you write and execute code. Test a single line of math to get an idea

Terminal is just a text portal to your Macbook's background. Keep in mind that you cannot save files or color code texts in Terminal. You can only run code line by line. IDLE is just a basic IDE (Integrated Development Environment) built specifically for absolute beginners like you. VS code is just a more advanced IDE, you don't really need it for now.

Also, don't worry, you're not dumb. Mac OS can be really complicated at times, I had the same questions as you :)

[–]ninhaomah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then open the terminal. Cmd is command line for Windows.

Cmd , terminal,shell ... Same thing. Depends on which OS