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== Steps to get set up ==

=== Goal #1: Set up git ===

* [[/Windows git|Windows]]
* [[/OSX git|OS X]]
* [[/Linux git|Linux]]

=== Goal #2: Practice navigating the computer from a command prompt ===

* [[/Windows terminal navigation|Windows]]
* [[/OSX terminal navigation|OS X]]
* [[/Linux terminal navigation|Linux]]

=== Goal #3: Set up Python ===

* [[/Windows set up Python|Windows]]
* [[/OSX set up Python|OS X]]
* [[/Linux set up Python|Linux]]

=== Goal #4: Prepare a text editor ===

* [[/Windows text editor|Windows]]
* [[/OSX text editor|OS X]]
* [[/Linux text editor|Linux]]

=== Goal #5: Prepare the workshop code, via git ===

* [[/Windows download|Windows]]
* [[/OSX download|OS X]]
* [[/Linux download|Linux]]

=== Goal #6: Create a special Python environment for the workshop ===

* [[/Windows virtualenv|Windows]]
* [[/OSX virtualenv|OS X]]
* [[/Linux virtualenv|Linux]]

=== Goal #7: Checkoff ===

Demonstrate to your own satisfaction that the following things work:

# You can open a command prompt.
# You can use ''cd'' to get around.
# You can run ''git'' and see a help message (rather than "Command not found").
# You can run ''python'' in the command prompt.
# You have a text editor configured to use spaces to indent instead of tabs.
# You have done the ''git clone'' command to get the workshop code.
# You have a ''virtualenv'' where you have installed the workshop's dependencies.


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