Python Testing and Continuous Integration: Setup

In preparation for this lesson, please make sure that you have a working Python interpreter installed on your computer.

1. Launch:
   • Terminal app on macOS
   • Terminal or Konsole on Linux
   • Terminal Emulator (MobaXTerm, Putty, GitBash, or similar) on Windows
2. Check you Python interpreter:

$ python -c "import sys; sys.exit(0)"

Make sure to not include $.

1. Clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/swc-uiuc/python-testing.git

If you don’t see any error messages then you are all set for the lesson!

1. Optional: If you would like to use the Jupyter (IPython) notebook for the lesson, you should have already installed Anaconda which includes the notebook.

To start the notebook, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:

$ jupyter notebook

To start the Python interpreter without the notebook, open a terminal or git bash and type the command:

$ python