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In preparation for this lesson, please make sure that you have a working Python interpreter installed on your computer.

  1. Launch:
    • Terminal app on macOS
    • Terminal or Konsole on Linux
    • Terminal Emulator (MobaXTerm, Putty, GitBash, or similar) on Windows
  2. Check you Python interpreter:
$ python -c "import sys; sys.exit(0)"

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Make sure to not include $.

  1. Clone this repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/swc-uiuc/python-testing.git

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If you don't see any error messages then you are all set for the lesson!

  1. Optional: If you would like to use the Jupyter (IPython) notebook for the lesson, you should have already installed Anaconda which includes the notebook.

To start the notebook, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:

$ jupyter notebook

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To start the Python interpreter without the notebook, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:

$ python

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