3.1 Setup & Prerequisites

Overview

Questions

• What prerequiste knowledge is required to follow this topic?
• How to setup your machine to follow this topic?

Objectives

• Understand what prerequiste knowledge is needed before following this topic
• Setup your machine to follow this topic

Prerequisite

• Shell with Git version control tool installed and the ability to navigate filesystem and run commands from within a shell
• Account on GitHub.com
• Understanding of Python syntax to be able to read code examples

Setup

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Shell with Git

On macOS and Linux, a bash shell will be available by default.

If you do not have a bash shell installed on your system and require assistance with the installation, you can take a look at the instructions provided by Software Carpentry for installing shell and Git.

GitHub Account

GitHub is a free, online host for Git repositories that you will use during the course to store your code in so you will need to open a free GitHub account unless you do not already have one.