• Programming Topics
• Home Installation Instructions

Programming Topics

• Introduction

Home Installation Instructions

The following software will be required for the course.

• Command line (Linux, Mac, Windows)
• Python (Linux, Mac, Windows)
• Git (Linux, Mac, Windows)
• VS Code (Linux, Mac, Windows)

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Command line

Linux

Mac

For those of you wanting to install the tree program at home try the following. Install HomeBrew

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install tree

$ brew install tree

Windows

You need to download GitBash to have a linux-style command-line.

Python

Required software:

• Python 3.8+
  • arcade
  • pytest
  • pycodestyle
  • mypy

Install Python Packages

Once you have Python installed, you should have pip installed too. Install the python packages required for the course:

pip install arcade pycodestyle mypy pytest

Linux

In the terminal enter the following commands.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt install python3.8
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/3.2/get-pip.py | python3.8

Mac

Try the instructions above for Linux. Please let me know if it doesn't work.

Windows

Get the Windows x86-64 executable installer from the Python downloads page. Follow directions from Corey's tutorial video.

Git

Linux

sudo apt-get install git

Mac

Windows

You need to download GitBash to have a linux-style command-line.

VS Code

Visit the VS Code Download page.

Linux

Mac

Windows