Static Sites with Sphinx and Markdown Transcripts
Chapter: Setup
Lecture: Creating a new project
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Let's start from, well, the beginning an empty directory into which we will slowly
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build a website first by making a new python project.
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I'll make a directory. I'll name it after the fictional company's name.
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CD into it. We're going to use MacOS.
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Linux. WSL command shell syntax in this tutorial.
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Since Python recommends using a virtual environment for isolation,
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we'll go ahead and make one.
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I'll use the python3 syntax and I like to store my virtual environments in the
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project. I will then use the command to activate this terminal so that its path
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is first, which then lets me run the pip that is in this virtual environment
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What we always have to do is upgrade our pip.
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As soon as we make a new one,
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take advantage of any security updates and stuff like that.
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And with that in place, our new blank python project is now ready for a Sphinx installation.