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I suspect when you are running the command python hello.py, you were still inside the python interpreter program, which is why it return the InvalidSyntax error, because it is not a valid python syntax. However, all I keep getting is : Synta圎rror: Invalid Syntax Which was supposed to return: Hello World

Then, it said to type in: python hello.py That is actually the python interpreter's command line.

So instead of something like ~/Path/to/your/exercise/filesĪt the start of the line, you would have encountered the below instead: # Bunch of text describing your python version and other things If you notice, the command-line interface would have changed quite a bit (I am on Windows so I am not sure how it looks like exactly on Mac). In the case of running python, what it does is actually to load a python interpreter inside your terminal. If it only has a command-line interface (like python) the program will be executed inside the terminal. What happens when you type a program name into terminal is that it basically executes the program, and if it has a GUI, the GUI window will pop up onto the screen. If you’re not sure, you can Option + Right-Click on the file, then select “Copy … as Pathname” to copy the path to your clipboard.First, the lesson said to simply type, python, into terminal to start coding in python (I don't know if this is the way to say that, or if that just gives you the ability to run python code?) Most users will run scripts from the Terminal, which is a stellar way to run a Python script on macOS.įirst, you’ll want to find the path of the Python script in the Finder. It’s almost like a temporary run configuration, though changes to the Python Launcher Preferences under normal circumstances are global, affecting all future scripts. This will let you adjust settings that will only apply to this run of the script. To do this, drag the script to the Python Launcher icon while holding the Option key, and the Preferences menu will display before the script is run. You can even invoke the Preferences window before running a script. You can also open it manually by selecting “Python Launcher -> Preferences” from the Python Launcher menu bar. The Python Launcher’s Preferences window opens in the background automatically when Python Launcher is executed.