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Christine Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 5,103 PointsPlease recommend a Python Compiler for Mac OS to run and test my code
I've tried to use Xcode however it is not working the way I hopped it would. It will only let me print the code, however I cannot print anything in console like in Treehouse Workspaces.
6 Answers
David Bouchare
9,224 PointsI personally use Sublime Text as an Editor and run my code in command line via the Mac terminal:
python nameofyourfile.py
I have both Python 2.7.5 and 3.4.1 installed on my Mac.
Don't know if that helps.
Tony Tran
1,256 PointsI also use Sublime Text 2 and it allows you to use the console directly under it just like in the Treehouse Workspace.
David Bouchare
9,224 PointsTrue. Although the console within Sublime Text 2 will execute my code with Python 2.x. Probably some configuration I need to do to switch to Python 3.x
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherSublime Text 3 is built with Python 3, IIRC.
Christine Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 5,103 PointsThank you everyone :)
Christine Maxwell
Courses Plus Student 5,103 PointsI have installed Sublime Text 2 on my Mac computer, and I it builds the code fine, however I still cannot use console (the one that build in with Sublime) neither with the Terminal. exp: with shopping_list.py code I do the following in Terminal:
94:~ admin$ python shopping_list.py python: can't open file 'shopping_list.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
94:~ admin$ cd /Users/admin/Documents/Python_code
94:Python_code admin$ python shopping_list.py What should we pick up at the store? Enter DONE to stop. Enter HELP for help.
HELP
Traceback (most recent call last): File "shopping_list.py", line 19, in <module> new_item = input("> ") File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'HELP' is not defined
94:Python_code admin$
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherLooks like ST2 is using Python 2 to evaluate your code. Unfortunately, ST2 uses a built-in version of Python which is hardcoded to Python 2.6. There is a way around it, apparently but I haven't tested that myself.