[Autogenerated] For the demonstration environment
that we will use in this course,
we will be using a virtual machine where we will be running Microsoft
Windows 10 professional as our operating system python version 3.10 dot
eight and Microsoft visual studio code as our Python IDE The reason that
we chose this specific environment for this course was because Windows as
an operating system is the main focus of the different functions and tasks
that we are going to be working with most of the different python modules
and functions that we are going to be using can also be used with other
operating systems and the processes that are running on them with a few
different modifications And since Windows isn't free,
we will leave it up to the student to decide the best way to build
their operating system environment but with that said,
remember that Windows will function in a limited mode without having to
license it for a certain amount of time and this may be a cheap option for
those with limited resources indoor environments.
Once we have Windows up and running we need to install python and to do
this we head over to python dot org and download and install the latest
stable version As of the recording of this course,
the latest version is 3.10.8.
Next we will need to install Visual Studio Code and to do this.
Head over to code dot Visual Studio dot com and download
the latest version and install it In our case since we are
installing it on Windows 10,
the install mirrors the common Windows install process and
doesn't take a long time to complete.
Now that we have Windows, Python and Visual Studio Code set up and installed.
We need to install the different python modules
that we will be using to do this.
We begin at the Windows or PowerShell command prompt.
Once here we will use the python dash M pip, install or on some systems.
The pip three install command to install each of the modules for example,
to install the platform module,
we would run the python pip install platform command since each of these
modules in this course use slightly different python modules.
This command can be used multiple times.
So with this reviewed,
let's move into this module and begin by talking about the
collection of local server information.