Intuitive Python

Setting Up Your Environment and Using This Book’s Companion Docker Image

First, let’s set up your machine so you are able to run Python. Here are a few different approaches you can take:

1. ✪ Run Python using this book’s companion Docker image (recommended):^[3]

   • Install Docker.^[4]

   • Execute docker run --pull=always --interactive --tty --rm ghcr.io/davidmuller/intuitive-python-book/intuitive-python-book:latest /bin/bash

   • You are now logged into an ephemeral container with an appropriate version of Python and all this book’s source code downloaded into the current working directory.

   • If you are reading a paper version of this book or using a digital reader that makes copy/pasting the preceding docker run command difficult, visit the homepage of this book’s ...