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Phase 3, Lecture 1: Python Fundamentals

Lecture Topics

• pipenv install
• pipenv shell
• pytest
• pytest -x
• Debugging with ipdb
• Control Flow: Operators, Conditional Statements, Loops
• Functions in Python
• raise Exception()

Introduction

Welcome to Python! In today's lecture, we will discuss the Python Fundamentals including important terminal commands, using ipdb for debugging, control flow, functions, and using raise Exception() to raise an Exception.

Setup

1. Make sure that your current working directory (folder) contains a Pipfile, then run pipenv install in your terminal to install pytest and any other required libraries.
2. Now that your pipenv virtual environment is ready to use, enter pipenv shell to start working.
3. Run pytest from inside of the phase-3-lecture-1-python-fundamentals directory (if you can see lib, Pipfile, Pipfile.lock, pytest.ini, and README.md in your current working directory, then you are in the correct directory) to run the tests, and begin working to pass the tests. You can also run pytest -x to run one test at a time.