Summary and Setup

This is a new lesson built with The Carpentries Workbench.

Software Setup

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This course will use the Python programming language, and we will be running commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI, also nown as the Shell or Terminal)

Windows

CLI

Powershell is the recommended way of running commands for this course. It should already be installed on your computer.

Python

There is a guide for using Python on Windows in the Python documentation. Python Releases for Windows are available at Python.org.

MacOS

CLI

Terminal is available by default on Macs, and is the recommended way of running commands for this course.

Python

Please read the guide on using Python on a Mac in the Python documentation.

Linux

CLI

Terminal is available by default on Linux-based OSes, and is the recommended way of running commands for this course.

Python

Please read the guide on using Python on Unix platforms in the Python documentation.