Windows (Only complete this portion if you are using a Windows laptop):
- Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) [Screenshots linked]
- Click the Windows icon in the bottom left corner of your computer screen and enter 'Command Prompt' [Screenshot]
- In the black window that opens up, enter 'wsl --install' [Screenshot]
- After the installation finishes, restart your laptop.
- Install Python 3.10.7 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3107/
MacOS (Only complete this portion if you are using a Mac laptop):
- Install Python 3.10.7 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3107/
- Scroll down to "Files" and click on macOS 64-bit universal2 installer
Windows/MacOS (Recommended IDE/Code Editor):
- Install VSCode (for Windows or Mac) here: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
Tips:
- To install software like VSCode and Python, download the corresponding installer file (for Windows, the file should end in .exe and for MacOS, the file should end in .pkg), click on the downloaded file to run it, and then click through the default settings that appear.
- To check that WSL was successfully installed, enter 'wsl --status' into the Command Prompt, there should be a line in the response that says "Default Distribution: Ubuntu"