For this part of the course, you'll want to use the Python REPL to play around with async code.
However, the regular Python REPL is synchronous.
You can run coroutines, but you need to use asyncio.run, for example.
Python ships with an async-powered REPL that you can start with the command python -m asyncio, if you have the Python executable on your path, or with uv run -m asyncio, if you run Python through uv.
When you start an async REPL, the initial message will refer to a “asyncio REPL”.
It will also include a message saying you can use the keyword await directly.
Finally, it will auto-import the module asyncio for you:
From now on, whenever you are told to use the REPL, you can assume it's the async REPL.