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aws-iot-elf Windows Getting Started

To get this AWS IoT ELF example working with Python 2.7.11+ on Windows, you will want to:

  1. install Python 2.7.11+ to run ELF,
  2. install Git to interact with ELF's source code repository, and...
  3. install virtualenv to keep this Python project running separate from other future projects.

Installing python

Browse to the latest python release and click "Latest Python 2 Release" to get to the download page with the correct Windows installer for your machine.

Once the download is complete, launch the installation executable. Most likely you want to select Install for All Users. Then enter a directory: C:\Users\<user_id>\dev\Python27\ (or equivalent).

Note: The rest of this guide's instructions assume you will install into a dev directory inside your <user_id> directory. Furthermore, the directory C:\Users\<user_id> will be referred to as ~ for the remainder of this and the main Getting Started documents.

Now, make sure the installer adds the Python executable to the Path. This dialog:

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..should look like this dialog.

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Push Next until the Python installation is complete.

Installing git

Just browse to git-scm and the Windows installation will download automatically.

Once the download is complete, launch the installation executable. The rest of the AWS IoT ELF getting started guide assumes Git for Windows is installed using the defaults since they are usually fine for most people.

Installing virtualenv

Now to keep the AWS IoT ELF python dependencies separate, you probably want to install virtualenv. This can be done simply by using pip which was installed when you installed Python. Change to the ~\dev directory and enter:

pip install virtualenv

You now have the necessary development commands installed on your Windows-based machine. Continue on and finish the rest of the non-specific Getting Started.