Section V. Select Your Difficulty Setting

Options

There are two ways to take this tutorial.

Easy Mode

Every lesson comes with an integrated development environment (IDE) embedded in your browser. You can run examples right from the IDE.

It's easy to run the code. All you do is type in the light grey area. When you're done entering your code, simply press the big green "execute" button up top. The console will show your output.

If you want to work in easy mode, proceed to Section XII. How To Get Help With This Tutorial

Some lessons require that you interact with a database. Those lessons cannot be done in the browser.

Hard Mode

Hard mode is where you configure your machine into a development environment. It's not for the faint of heart, but it is a crucial first step in becoming a software engineer.

If you want to play on hard mode, proceed to Section VI. Download Anaconda!