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# Hello, World!

It is very traditional for every programmer, when starting out, to start with a hello world program.

Create a new file called `hello.py` and open it up in your text editor of choice (the one you downloaded in the last section).

In this new file, copy and paste this line:

```python
print("Hello, World!")
```

Let's explain what this does:

* Print

Print is a function. We give it some text and it'll print it to the screen.

* "Hello, World!"

Is what we call a string (a string of characters). It's just text.

Now, open up a Terminal, navigate to your directory and run:

```
python hello.py
```

\_Make sure you use `python` or `python3`, whichever one worked for you in the last section.

And you'll see on your screen printed:

```
$ Hello, World!
```

Congratulations! You have just run your first Python program! 🥳