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Steps to get set up

Goal #1: Set up git

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

Goal #3: Set up Python

Goal #4: Prepare a text editor

Goal #5: Prepare the workshop code, via git

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

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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-== Actual setup guide ==
+== Steps to get set up ==
+=== Goal #1: Set up git ===
-* Install git
+* [[/Windows git|Windows]]
-* Make sure Python works
+* [[/OSX git|OS X]]
+* [[/Linux git|Linux]]
-* Make sure they know how to launch a command prompt
+=== Goal #2: Practice navigating the computer from a command prompt ===
+* [[/Windows terminal navigation|Windows]]
-* Make sure they have a text editor, and have it configured to Python with 4 spaces
+* [[/OSX terminal navigation|OS X]]
+* [[/Linux terminal navigation|Linux]]
+=== Goal #3: Set up Python ===
-* Make sure they have done the git clone
+* [[/Windows set up Python|Windows]]
-* Make sure they have a virtualenv created
+* [[/OSX set up Python|OS X]]
+* [[/Linux set up Python|Linux]]
+=== Goal #4: Prepare a text editor ===
-* Make sure they have installed the requirements.txt
+* [[/Windows text editor|Windows]]
-* Python robot TA checkoff
+* [[/OSX text editor|OS X]]
+* [[/Linux text editor|Linux]]
+=== Goal #5: Prepare the workshop code, via git ===
-(Optional; can be skipped)
+* [[/Windows download|Windows]]
-* Make sure they have a Heroku account, and have the software installed
+* [[/OSX download|OS X]]
+* [[/Linux download|Linux]]
+=== Goal #6: Create a special Python environment for the workshop ===
-* Make sure they have a Github account
+* [[/Windows virtualenv|Windows]]
-== Setup guide, for instructors ==
+* [[/OSX virtualenv|OS X]]
+* [[/Linux virtualenv|Linux]]
+=== Goal #7: Checkoff ===
-* Provide a printed check-off sheet, and have TAs roam around and make sure students demo the check-off sheet
+Demonstrate to your own satisfaction that the following things work:
-== Asheesh questions ==
+# You can open a command prompt.
-<pre>
+# 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.
-Then enter:
-$ git branch my-branch-1
+[[Django_for_Designers/Starting_our_project|Next page]]
-</pre>
-* Did you forget "git checkout"?
-* TA guide should have instructions for addressing:
-** If the student can't push during the Sharing section, and it is because they worked on local master, have them rename the branch
-** do github in sharing
-* get some TAs