


So there is a lot of confusing information out there for the Python beginner. Though I have installed Python on Windows XP and Windows Servers for several years till 2010 there have been a lot of changes both in the Windows world such as Powershell and the Python world. Recently, I tried to install Python and pip on a Windows laptop. Unfortunately, they have all been Windows environments. But I have seen a lot of horrible environments cobbled together by flaky batch files that are one update away from blowing up, often leaving no option but to reinstall everything from scratch. They give me plenty of insights into their aesthetic choices and their productivity shortcuts. I enjoy studying other people’s development environments. These steps might not be required in latest Python distributions which are already shipped with pip.
