button menu this can vary across releasesbut idle starts development guiand python starts simple interactive session also here are the standard manuals and the pydoc documentation engine (module docssee and appendix for pointers on windows and other platforms in getting it to run 'll explain the print statementand why you can raise to the power in python without overflowingin the next parts of this book you can create such file of statements with any text editor you like by conventionpython program files are given names that end in pytechnicallythis naming scheme is required only for files that are "imported"-- term clarified in the next -but most python files have py names for consistency after you've typed these statements into text fileyou must tell python to execute the file--which simply means to run all the statements in the file from top to bottomone after another as you'll see in the next you can launch python program files by shell command linesby clicking their iconsfrom within idesand with other standard techniques if all goes wellwhen you execute the fileyou'll see the results of the two print statements show up somewhere on your computer--by defaultusually in the same window you were in when you ran the programprogram execution