I have been doing software development for 19+ years, but I am relatively new to the open-source community. I learned a bit of Python back in 2013 and I put it on hold because I was not thrilled with the syntax and code readability as I am used to strongly-typed languages, and I picked it up again in last two years as there is something attractive about it. http://almirscorner.blogspot.com/2016/01/python-programming-series-getting.html If you are a Python expert, you should not be on this page :) Installing Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/ After installing, set the path and add: C:\Python27 NOTE: I have been running with version 2.7.x because that is still the most popular and widely used and has the biggest third-party library support. Python IDE that I like and it is most lightweight: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/ NOTE: Install the Community edition. It is good enough. You can also use a cloud-based IDE: http://c9...