Installing an ASCII Editor:
In order to write C or python code, you will need to have an ASCII text editor. This is different than a word processing program such as MS Word because it only creates 8-bit ASCII symbols used by programming languages. Some editors, known as Coded Editors, are design to be edit particular languages such as C or python. Code editors are often part of integrated development environments (IDE) which can be very useful for writing, testing, and debugging code. In the end, it is all a matter of personal preference Below we list out some editors you can use for this class:

• vi, vim, and emax: These are traditional text editors that you can run form a terminal. You can download these with package managers, and they are often included with standard OS distributions
• Sublime Text: This is a widely used light-weight editor that adapts to multiple languages and is available for multiple platforms.
• Pycharm: This is a commercial IDE, but there is are free and educational versions available.