Installing and Using PyCharm

1. Visit the Pycharm download page.

2. Choose Windows or macOS.

3. Look for the Community Edition and download the installer for your laptop.

   a. for macOS, be sure to choose Intel for older Apple computers and Apple Silicon if you have a newer mac that uses the Apple M1 chip. You can see which chip you have by clicking ‘About This Mac’ on the Apple menu and looking for ‘Chip’ in the dialog.

4. Open the installer and follow all the dialog prompts.