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Welcome to Python interview environment prep! Thank you for your interest. This is meant to prepare your environment prior to your coding exercise.

Requirements

• Latest Python 3 installed. Get it here
• Download or clone this repo.

Optional

• Your choice of IDE.

Environment prep

1. Launch command line terminal win+r then cmd.exe or launch Terminal in macOS.


2. Enter where this directory is located cd path\to\dir\bcny-interview-python


3. Verify Python is installed
   Windows Example:

   C:\bcny-interview-python> python --version
   
   Python 3.12.3

   * Note that your environment command may be python3 --version instead.


4. Create a virtual environment
   Windows Example:

   C:\bcny-interview-python> python -m venv .venv



5. Enter the virtual environment
   Windows Example:

   C:\bcny-interview-python> C:\bcny-interview-python\.venv\Scripts\activate
   (venv) C:\bcny-interview-python>

   If you've opened PowerShell instead of Windows command line, you can enter venv this way:
   Windows PowerShell Example:

   C:\bcny-interview-python> .\.venv\Scripts\activate
   
   (venv) C:\bcny-interview-python>

   Linux / macOS Example:

    ~/bcny-interview-python$ .venv/bin/activate
   
   (venv) bcny-interview-python$

6. Verify Python can run
   Windows Example:

   (venv) C:\bcny-interview-python> python hello_world.py
   
   Hello Arc!

   Linux / macOS Example:

   (venv) bcny-interview-python$ python hello_world.py
   
   Hello Arc!

PyCharm setup

1. Download and install Pycharm here


2. Launch PyCharm


3. Select Open
   
4. Navigate to the downloaded bcny-interview-python folder and open it.


5. Click on the file hello_world.py in the Sidebar
   


6. Click on top corner run menu and select Edit Configurations...
   


7. Click the plus button + and choose Python
   


8. Enter hello_worldas name, verify Run is on the Python venv that was created earlier, script is set to the hello_world.py path and working directory is set to the current directory. Press OK
   
   
9. Click the green play button. Verify script is run and Hello Arc! is printed