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+# Prepare your environment.
+
+Download the latest version of python and Mycrosoft c++ redistributable
+
+* [Microsoft C++ redistributable](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=48145)
+* [Python environment](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+
 # Get the code.
 
 1. First thing you will need is an editor for your source code, that's a personal choice, but we would like to recomend PyCharm community edition, a wonderful open source python editor