I'm going to explain how to do this out of order as one step takes a while to download and install and it is best to get that started right off. Then we can work on another step while that is working and then finish the final step after a reboot.
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This is a pretty straightforward process and is almost as easy as creating a meme.
You can download a stand-alone installer for the build tools but if you are using Visual Studio there is an option in the installer to install them.
The install takes a while to finish as it is a rather bloated install (takes up 5.6GB of space).
Just select the VS 2017 C++ Build Tools and install them. When finished, reboot and continue to step 3. You can do Step 2 while waiting for the install to finish.
My favorite distribution of Python is from Anaconda group. Unless you are doing machine learning, deep learning, or heavy python development, I recommend just using Miniconda which you can find here. Miniconda is the same thing, but just installs the minimum amount of packages needed to run Python 3.6 and some Conda tools.
The install is straightforward, I like to have python in my path, but that is your choice. Do not continue to step 3 until step 1 is finished and you have rebooted.
There are two versions of Steem-Python, the Official Steem-Python and the original one that is maintained more frequently by the original developer 
If you installed Anaconda/MiniConda and allowed it to update your path, go ahead and open a command prompt. If you went with the default option to not update your path, open the Anaconda/Miniconda Command Prompt from your start menu.
Type the following command in, and be amazed:
python -m pip install -U git+git://github.com/Netherdrake/steem-python
After it takes a while, it should finish successfully. If it has finished, type in python to open an interactive python interpreter and run the following three lines. If you see some data in JSON format, you are good to go!
from steem import Steem
s = Steem()
s.get_account('ned')
This is what you should see:
That's it!
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