If you have made an python program or u want to make it and execute it the you can do it by various methods : 1) With an IDE : => What is IDE IDE, or Integrated Development Environment, is a software application that combines all of the features and tools needed by a software developer. There are several popular ide's ... including Visual Studio, NetBeans, Eclipse, IntelliJ. => How to run Python program on IDE ? 2) On Command or PowerShell For running a script Since, you are able to run Python in PowerShell. You can just do python <scriptName>.py to run the script. So, for a script named test.py containing name = raw_input("Enter your name: ") print "Hello, " + name The PowerShell session would be PS C:\Python27> python test.py Enter your name: Monty Python Hello, Monty Python PS C:\Python27> For running code directly Type python in powershell or your command prompt then >>> will start appearning Now you are entered into the python shell ... you can start typing your code .... try to type print("Hello World!")