# Learning Python with a Project Euler Problem

DevFeed: [Learning Python with a Project Euler Problem](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-dash-of-python-40237.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2011/08/10/a-dash-of-python/>)

Published: 2011-08-10T19:26:55Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [primer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/primer.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

A beginner-oriented Python tutorial that introduces installation, the IDLE editor and terminal-based editors, then uses a Project Euler problem about summing multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000 to explain integer data, arithmetic, divisibility tests and the remainder operator.

## Source excerpt

We will orient our dash of Python around the first and simplest problem from ProjectEuler.net. Installing Python To get Python on your computer, go to python's website and follow the instructions for downloading and installing the interpreter. Most Window's users can simply click here to download an installer, Mac OS 10.6 - 10.7 users can click here to get their installer, and linux users can (and should) fend for themselves.