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in all of them to install those dependencies as well.
 
We've written some skeleton code for the Twitter project already. Download this code so you're ready to start working with it tomorrow:
===Check your installation===
 
# Create a new folder called Twitter on your Desktop
You'll now be able to import the Twitter module. We will use this module tomorrow to write parts of a Twitter client.
# Save http://mit.edu/jesstess/www/BostonPythonWorkshop2/Twitter/twitter_api.py to the Twitter folder.
 
===Check your installation===
Start a Python prompt, and at the Python prompt run
 
Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop/Twitter directory where the Twitter code lives. For example, if the Twitter project is at <code>C:\Users\jesstess\Desktop\Twitter</code>,
 
<pre>
C:\Users\jesstess\Desktop\Twitter
import twitter
</pre>
 
will change you into that directory, and
If nothing gets printed, the installation was successful! If you get an error message, let a staff member know and we'll help work out what the issue is.
 
<pre>
===Download the Workshop Twitter code===
dir
</pre>
 
will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "twitter_api.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:
We've written some skeleton code for the Twitter project already. Download this code so you're ready to start working with it tomorrow:
 
<pre>
# Create a new folder called Twitter on your Desktop
python twitter_api.py --search=python
# Save http://mit.edu/jesstess/www/BostonPythonWorkshop2/Twitter/twitter_api.py to the Twitter folder.
</pre>
 
at the command prompt to execute the twitter_api.py Python script. You should the text from 20 tweets containing the word "Python" printed to the screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.
 
===Success!===
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