eusholli / car-sim

Car Simulation

car-sim

Car Simulation

Install

Environment Pre-requisites

python 3, pip and virtualenv need to be locally installed. My versions are below.

$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.3

$ pip3 --version
pip 19.1.1

$ virtualenv --version
16.7.2

If you do not have these installed, then download the latest from the offical libraries. Here is good advice for python and virtualenv install on macbook and OSX. Here is the official download page for python 3. Here is the official home page for virtualenv.

Use your favorite code editor and if you do not have one I recommend vsCode. It is free.

Installing

To get your code up and running, first let's clone the repo locally then compose the project:

cd <PATH_OF_CHOICE_TO_YOUR_ROOT_DEV_FOLDER>
git clone https://github.com/eusholli/car-sim
cd car-sim/

Let's activate the virtual python environment and install the dependancies

virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install pandas 

Working

To start your vscode editor from the terminal and open it in your project type code .

When you have finished your work you can deactivate the virtualenv in your terminal by typing deactivate in your terminal. If you do not do this and change directory, you will carry on using the car-sim virtualenv and risk installing dependancies in the wrong virtualenv.

When returning in a new terminal to start working again, enter the working directory (.../car-sim) and only type . venv/bin/activate to re-activate the virtualenv.