While a programmer can enter Python programming in any text editor, such as Notepad, actually executing a Python script occurs by invoking the interpreter in some fashion.

Atom, the text editor developed by GitHub Atom and built on the Electron framework, has been upgraded with improvements centered on GitHub packaging as well as Python and HTML language capabilities.

Code can be written in any old text editor. Even Windows Notepad will do. I am writing this guide for Linux users because everyone who has been in the programming sessions have switched to Arch ...