By using Notepad and the Python interpreter, a programmer can write Python programs and execute them, or create "batch" files that can execute multiple programs, including Python scripts.

The scripts here are all tiny, with a narrow focus on a useful task. You can use them not only for day-to-day activities, but also to build upon and extend for additional functionality.

When running Python interactively or on a script file, you rarely need to care about this global namespace. However, when running the embedded interpreter, you'll often need to access this dictionary ...