title: How to install Python for Apache on Windows?
body: <p>I'm looking for the fast, easy (all default settings) way of installing Python on my windows machine so that Apache can use it. I currently have a Windows 7 installation with Apache and PHP working. I want to try and make some simple web pages in Python, just to play around with Python for a bit and learn a thing or two. I downloaded and installed <strike>Python 3.2</strike> Python 2.7.2 (As advised below). What do I do next? I would like to make a "Hello World". Do I need mod_python or can I do without? I assume I need to tell Apache somehow that Python is available. I probably need to make an "index.py" file, or something similar? </p>
  
  <p>I'm not directly looking for tutorials on the Python language itself, but just for some steps to make the simplest of the simplest script (Hello World) work on my current system.</p>
  
  <p>Basically I'm looking for the Python equivalent of the following php script to work in my Apache:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
   &lt;head&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;Hello World&lt;/title&gt;
   &lt;/head&gt;
   &lt;body&gt;
    &lt;?= "Hello World"; ?&gt;
   &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>