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# Introduction

New the programming world and want to get your hands dirty in Python,  real quick?

Well, congratulations. You have already made a great decision to learn Python. However, lets face it, all the 'easy' advice on Google for Python seems confusing and even after following all the steps are you still confused and left without Python?

Don't worry, you are in the right place. I know setting up anything on Mac can be intimidating and boy let me assure you setting up a Python environment on it can be real trouble maker. However, let's take help of cute graphics and ease our way.

Let's get this done and start building stuff in Python within minutes.

![](/files/-L9uRXRQvKvTVGB0abil)

This guide is for everyone to use as a reference for setting up environment or installing a languages/libraries in Python 3.


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