

The recommendation is regardless of the version you need to use for a specific use case – go for the latest. To get started and to exploit all the features and tooling we need an initial version of Python installed. As this make some install activities a lot easier. is still in the ‘works’ in the meantime it’s worth getting Chocolatey setup.

Windows’ official package manager that operates like yum, apt etc. These notes are focused on a Windows-based developer platform as most devs I know work with Python locally. But feel free to use the information as you wish. These notes are first and foremost an aide memoir, but I’ve also elaborated on why certain things are being done, this is less for my benefit but for the newbie who might find this info helpful. Python is a secondary language to me, so I don’t set up new projects and environments on a regular basis.
