# A Quick Guide to Setup Python for Windows. Python is an **Object-Oriented-Programming** **(OOP)** Language. It is free and easy to learn if you know where to start. To learn more about it please visit this [Link](https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Overview) .
In this tutorial I'll be guiding you to quickly setup Python on your OS so you can join one of the largest programming language community in world. So let's get started. 1. Download Python for your OS from this [Link](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
**Note:** Downloading a latest version may cause some errors, at some point in future, because they are usually unstable. So, a previous version is recommended. 2. Once downloaded the file from given link, now is time to start installing it. - Double click the downloaded ***.exe*** file. ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642304281369/GD9U-p6Nr.png) - Once installation wizard starts. Make sure to Check/Tick ***Add Python to PATH***. ![SetUp-1.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642304614141/tV2nfHzYn.png) - After clicking ***Install Now***, Python will start installing in your system. ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642304707911/3AU1Lp6gZ.png) - Once the installation is complete, the following window will show up. Simply click ***Close***. ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642304792355/9RklXtoHE.png) - To verify installation, open command prompt (type **cmd** in search), and type the following command.
***python --version*** ![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1642305042889/ZmDgNaf0a.png) -- Once python is installed successfully. All you need is to install an **IDE** such as. - PyCharm (Recommended) - VSCode - VisualStudio - Jupyter Notebook - Spyder > ***(I will be writing an article on how to setup your python environment very soon. Thanks!)***