GUIDE FOR THE TUTORIAL :

A) OVERVIEW :

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B) INSTALLING VSCODE :

1. If you're on Windows (eww):

   1. Visit VSCode.
   2. Download the Windows-64 'Stable' version.
   3. Follow the installation steps by running the downloaded file, and check the ADD VSCode to PATH option for sure.

2. If you're on Linux (the Gods):

   1. Install using snap. Choose your distro type in the list to install snap.
   2. snap is a new global package-manager common to all distros.

   $ # For example, on Debain-based systems :
   $ sudo apt update
   $ sudo apt install snapd
   $ sudo snap install code --classic

3. If you're on a Mac (Lucky you) :

   1. Visit VSCode.

   2. Download the MacOS 'Stable' version.

   3. Follow the installation steps by running the downloaded file (OR)

   4. Install it using homebrew. It is a widely used package-manager on Mac.

   $ # Install Brew :
   $ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

   $ # Install VSCode :
   $ brew update
   $ brew tap caskroom/cask
   $ brew cask search visual-studio-code
   $ brew cask install visual-studio-code 

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C) INSTALLING PYTHON :

1. If you're on Windows :

   1. Click this link to download.
   2. Follow the installation steps by running the downloaded file, and check the ADD Python to PATH option for sure.

2. If you're on Linux :

   Install it using your distro's package manager.

   $ # For example, on Debain-based systems :
   $ sudo apt-get update
   $ sudo apt-get install python3

3. If you're on a Mac :

   Install it using homebrew.

   brew search python
   brew install python3

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D) Get the boiler-plate and the completed code :

• Make sure you've git installed on your system.
• The master branch will have initial code, and the completed branch will have the completed code.
• Clone the repo in your desired directory, to get the code :

# The dot is to clone the repo in the current directory.
git clone https://github.com/theskinnycoder/python_crash_course.git .

• Checkout to the master branch to get the initial code :

git checkout master

• Checkout to the completed branch to get the completed code :

git checkout completed

Happy Coding!