YGT Workshop - Python Programming

Welcome to the Young Gifted Techie Workshop page! This workshop is designed to give a basic introduction to programming with python!

Computer Setup

To ensure you are ready to participate in the workshop, please follow the steps to get python installed on your computer.

1. Python Install - Windows

   Python must be installed to participate in the workshop. To install python on a windows computer, you can use the Microsoft Store application and search for "Python". I am using "Python 3.13" for this workshop.

   

   After installing, open a command line terminal (Windows Powershell).

   Powershell application:

   

   Type the following text and press enter to check that you have python version 3.13 installed.

   python3 --version

   You should see the version of Python show up in Powershell. Anything matching "Python 3.13" is ok (3.13.2 or 3.13.5 are fine for this workshop).

   

2. Python Install - Mac

   Python installation for Mac computers can be done using the python installer for Mac. Visit https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3135/ to download Python version 3.13.5 for Mac. You want to scroll to the bottom of the page and select "macOS 64-bit universal2 installer"

   

   After installing, open the terminal application and run this command to check python version.

   python3 --version

   You should see the version of Python show up. Anything matching "Python 3.13" is ok (3.13.2 or 3.13.5 are fine for this workshop).