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Your Python Coding Environment on Windows: Setup Guide

Your Python Coding Environment on Windows: Setup Guide

With this opinionated guide to setting up a basic, fully featured and flexible setup for Python coding and open source contributing when working from Windows, you'll go from a fresh install to ready to contribute, and even check out a PowerShell script to automate much of the process.

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