So I have this idea and want to test it out (Python environment) but ...

[SebastianHolt]

So, I have this idea that I wanted to test out (I miss the old days when Borland had compilers for $99). Anyway, is there a free version of Python that I can run on my Windows computer? My thought is to tie in some technology in with a story to make a more robust experience ... Not sure if people want or need this, but I thought it would be fun to chip off the rust on my brain and test this idea

 

[cw5523729]

Is there a version of python that isnt free?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Amplifying what @cw5523729 said: Python, the core interpreter, is and always has been free.

https://www.python.org/

--Annie (has only used Python for one project, writing a very clunky and inefficient script to handle one type of file)

 

[nice90sguy]

I spend many hours a day using Python on Windows. Python 3.13 (very recent version) is part of the O.S.
Try, from a Command Console (or Powershell) to type
python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

 

[onehitwanda]

puts "clguba vf n fvyyl ynathntr".tr!('a-mn-z', 'n-za-m')

 

[TheLobster]

I spend many hours a day using Python on Windows. Python 3.13 (very recent version) is part of the O.S.
Try, from a Command Console (or Powershell) to type
python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

Depending how Python is installed, you might need `python3` instead of just `python`.

puts "clguba vf n fvyyl ynathntr".tr!('a-mn-z', 'n-za-m')

Yes, but Ruby isn't much better

 

[onehitwanda]

Depending how Python is installed, you might need `python3` instead of just `python`.


Yes, but Ruby isn't much better

It's still better also, presumably by windows you mean windows 11, my windows 10 doesn't have python at all. My macbook does and my little linux lenovo thinkcenter do, obviously, but I view that more as a sad, deviant dependency than something I have to actually inflict on myself.

 

[HyunnaPark]

The one who starts a python project from the global environment, has begun their journey
The one who starts a python project with a virtualenv/conda env, has mastered the form
The one who starts a python project with a Dockerfile, has seen some shit

 

[HyunnaPark]

Also keep in mind the site natively supports Inkle story games, so if your goal is to add some interactivity and dynamism to your work, you don't have to reinvent any wheels.

There's also Ren'py for visual novels in Python

 

[M_K_Babalon]

How is what I assume is a coding program gonna help write stories?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Maybe one character is a coder and @SebastianHolt wants their work to be convincing?

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

Maybe the character is a hacker and they need some convincing Python code to type before exclaiming... "I'm in!"

 

[onehitwanda]

Maybe the character is a hacker and they need some convincing Python code to type before exclaiming... "I'm in!"

No reputable hacker would use Python. It would take them twelve pages and seventeen buckets of tears simply to get a working system.

Wanda stop trolling it's not nice to kick people when they're down

 

[PennyThompson]

puts "clguba vf n fvyyl ynathntr".tr!('a-mn-z', 'n-za-m')

*Cthulhu rises from the depths of his slumber*

 

[onehitwanda]

*Cthulhu rises from the depths of his slumber*

 

[SebastianHolt]

I spend many hours a day using Python on Windows. Python 3.13 (very recent version) is part of the O.S.
Try, from a Command Console (or Powershell) to type
python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

I have this idea that wanted to test out. VB or hell, Basic would be awesome...but I don't think one can purchase basic any longer

 

[YmaOHyd]

No reputable hacker would use Python. It would take them twelve pages and seventeen buckets of tears simply to get a working system.

Wanda stop trolling it's not nice to kick people when they're down

 

[SebastianHolt]

I spend many hours a day using Python on Windows. Python 3.13 (very recent version) is part of the O.S.
Try, from a Command Console (or Powershell) to type
python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

for this idea, I really don't need anything complex. Just need to build a quick app to test out this idea. When a 'user' can have something that he or she can look at and kick the tires, well it makes selling that idea way easier

 

[old_prof]

I have this idea that wanted to test out. VB or hell, Basic would be awesome...but I don't think one can purchase basic any longer

If you really want basic, I found this: https://www.freebasic.net/

I have never used it and know nothing about it, but I have also never written any basic. (True story -- I learned assembly language when I was 10. I think it has been an advantage to me.)

 

[SebastianHolt]

If you really want basic, I found this: https://www.freebasic.net/

I have never used it and know nothing about it, but I have also never written any basic. (True story -- I learned assembly language when I was 10. I think it has been an advantage to me.)

oh wow, THANK YOU!!!

 

[cw5523729]

I have this idea that wanted to test out. VB or hell, Basic would be awesome...but I don't think one can purchase basic any longer

There is a version of Basic called Basic For Android that you can download for free now. I've used it a few times. It's more complicated than VB used to be but it's not a huge learning curve all things considered.

They have Basic for Java and Basic for IOS as well, but I've never used either.

I still have a copy of VB6.0 on my computer somewhere and I still have software I made for work 20 something years ago that still works on Windows 10 today (mostly)

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Oh no, honey! The hackers at Literotica are computing pi and pluging in the overlord again!

 

[alohadave]

puts "clguba vf n fvyyl ynathntr".tr!('a-mn-z', 'n-za-m')

I didn't you could program in Welsh.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Oh no, honey! The hackers at Literotica are computing pi and pluging in the overlord again!

"Aggh! You want me to go crawling through the vents again!"

"I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees. ... That is a joke."

 

[KittyOfSteele]

"Aggh! You want me to go crawling through the vents again!"

"I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees. ... That is a joke."

"Right..."