2 Environment Setup and the Command Line

Environment setup is the process of organizing your computer so you can write code. This involves installing any necessary tools, configuring them, and handling any hiccups during the setup. There is no single setup process because everyone has a different computer with a different operating system, version of the operating system, and version of the Python interpreter. Even so, this chapter describes some basic concepts to help you administer your own computer using the command line, environment variables, and filesystem.

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