the instructions thereyou'll also need to install few graphical packages that idle depends on installing idle on windows idle should have been installed automatically when you installed python you should find it in your start menu customizing idle settings because it' the default python editormost of the settings in idle are already attuned to recommended python settingstabs are automatically converted into spacesand the line length indicator is set to characters wide indenting and unindenting code blocks to indent block of codehighlight it and select format indent region or press ctrl-to unindent block of codeselect format dedent region or press ctrl-commenting out blocks of code to comment out block of codehighlight the codeand then select format comment out regionor press alt- to uncomment the codeselect format uncomment regionor press alt- emacs and vim emacs and vim are two popular editors favored by many experienced programmers because they're designed to be used so your hands never have to leave the keyboard this makes writingreadingand modifying code very efficient once you learn how the editor works it also means they have fairly steep learning curve programmers will often recommend that you give them trybut many proficient programmers forget how much new programmers are already trying to learn it' beneficial to be aware of these editorsbut hold off on using them until you're comfortable writing and working with code in simpler editor that lets you focus on learning to program rather than learning to use an editor text editors