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πŸŽ“ Tutorial: Installation and Setup

Vincent Estes edited this page Dec 24, 2022 · 5 revisions
  1. Do you have Python?
  2. Install Simpl-Py

1. Do you have Python? (I already have it)

Simpl-Py runs on Python (3.6+). If you do not have Python installed, install it here

Install Python

Follow these instructions carefully. They are very important.

  1. Click on the downloaded file.
  2. Uncheck the use admin privileges option
  3. Check the Add python.exe to PATH option
  4. Click Customize installation
  5. Uncheck the for all users (requires admin privileges) option
  6. Click Next
  7. Click Install
  8. After installing, click Close

2. Install Simpl-Py

To install Simpl-Py, follow these steps carefully:

  1. Click here to download 0.8.1-beta
  2. Open and unzip the folder
  3. Navigate to the unzipped folder
  4. Hold shift and right-click in the empty space
  5. In PowerShell, type pip install -r requirements.txt
  6. After they are sucessfully installed, close the window
  7. Find the Simpl.py file in the folder
  8. Right-click --> open with --> choose another app
  9. Chose Python, scroll down and choose always open .py files with Python

You should now see Windows Command Prompt open with Simpl-Py loaded:

simpl-py program

This is where we will be programming in Simpl-Py throughout the tutorial.

To open the program again:

  1. Find the folder
  2. Open the Simpl.py file

πŸŽ‰ Congrats! You are ready to start programming in Simpl-Py!

if you are stuck or are experiencing an error, open an issue


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