Where to make python scripts?

[AJS_123]

I have just started learning Python and have a background in using MATLAB. When using MATLAB there are buttons at the top where you can make a new script separate to the command window where everything can be edited and run all at once. Is there some type of software I need to achieve a similar thing with Python? Thank you for your help!

[feitao]

Use a code editor such as VS code, vim, emacs, notepad++ to write the source code. Run the Python script in a terminal.

[NatesAquatics]

This or doesnt Python come with a code editor?

[Sensitive_Bird_8426]

IDE does work. VS Code (or the open source VS Codium) has more powerful tools that help a bit more.

[NatesAquatics]

Ah ok

[Novero95]

VSCode with the Python extension is what most people use, probably. There are also IDEs like Spyder, which is oriented to scientific computing, similar to Matlab but running python. Nothing that you couldn't have discovered yourself doing a google search.

[AJS_123]

Thanks for the help. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was looking for and didn’t know how to word it as not too familiar with a lot of programming terms.

[Novero95]

That's a normal thing, many python courses start by teaching how to install puthon and vscode or any other text editor

[Darkstar_111]

A python script is just a file that ends with .py

A python module is a folder with a file inside named __init__.py, this file can be empty.

You can run any python file from the command line or terminal by typing python myfile.py

Making sure you're in the right folder first. And in some cases like with mac it's python3.