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Helpful Tips to run python scripts that download notes for ABC Learn English Series

1. To open terminal or command prompt in the current folder (location of the repository in your PC)

   • In Windows Hold shift button and left-click the mouse.
   • For Mac follow the guide here

2. Python 3.5 or later is required (Programmers and Linux users please help your fellow blog readers).

3. To check If python is installed or not on your system, please follow below steps

   • open terminal /command prompt,
   • type python3 --version or python --version and press enter.
   • The terminal window will display text in the format of _Python 3.6.7_, signifying that python is installed.
   • Skip the next step(4) and proceed to Step(5).

4. Installing Python, follow the below steps based on your operating system:

   • Read and follow the install section in the beginner's guide to installing python on Windows 10 by Microsoft.
   • TODO - MACOS

5. This snippet uses a python tool to open webpage and download notes. Install the python dependency before running the code.

   • In terminal change the directory to location of program cd snippets/ABCLearnEngishSeries/.
   • Then type pipenv install or pip install.
   • Voila, you are all set to run python programs now.

6. To execute program type on terminal python -m downloadABCEngLearnSeriesNotes.py.

7. Give it a minute to run and your files will be downloaded to notes folder under ABCLearnEnglishSeries.

If you get any error while installing dependencies please do ✉️ us. To view files you would need Adobe Reader or any PDF reader.