That’s how to run a Python script in terminal or CMD. It’s a very straightforward process, but it’s extremely handy if you ever want to quickly carry out a bespoke task.

PyScript lets you run Python scripts right in the browser, side by side with JavaScript, with two-way interaction between your code and the web page.

Interested in learning Python? Jack Wallen takes you through your first steps in building a simple application to take user input and write it to a file.