Python scripts?

[gkusiak]

I bought Pimoroni's Fan Blade to cool my Pi4 when I bought it for xbian. Their website/blog indicates they've written scripts to support their products, including this one.

https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/getting-started-with-fan-shim

I'm wondering if:

• I need to install python to go down this road?
• is there a better way of triggering the fan on/off at temperature points?
  

thank you devs/people in the know.