It wants to help developers write Python apps using the same codebase running on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, browsers, and tvOS.

What is Python? This post answers that question and walks you through the basics. Set up a coding environment and build your first simple app!

Until two years ago, Google App Engine only supported Python 2. Therefore, if you wanted to build an app that ran on this service, you needed to use Python 2 and not Python 3.