write python program write python program if you don' already have idle openthen go ahead and open it there are two main windows that you'll work with in idlethe interactive windowwhich is the one that opens when you start idleand the editor window you can type code into both the interactive window and the editor window the difference between the two windows is in how they execute code in this sectionyou'll learn how to execute python code in both windows the interactive window idle' interactive window contains python shellwhich is textual user interface used to interact with the python language you can type bit of python code into the interactive window and press enter to immediately see the results hence the name interactive window the interactive window opens automatically when you start idle you'll see the following textwith some minor differences depending on your setupdisplayed at the top of the windowpython (tags/ : [msc bit (intel)on win type "help""copyright""creditsor "licensefor more information this text shows the version of python that idle is running you can also see information about your operating system and some commands you can use to get help and view information about python the symbol in the last line is called the prompt this is where you'll type in your code