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Task 1

Created: 2026-03-04

All the following tasks must be typed on the command line. Therefore you must know how to open the Command Prompt window on Windows or the terminal on GNU/Linux or macOS. Visit Command Prompt in case you want to learn to do so.

  1. Select a suitable folder on your filesystem in which you will store all the projects related to PLSG. I would recommend C:\Users\username\Documents\PLSG, where username is your login name.
    • You can display the home path with the command echo %HOMEPATH% at the command prompt
    • You can navigate to your home path with the command cd C:\%HOMEPATH%\Documents (Note: If you are not currently on the C: drive, switch to that drive before or after typing the previous command)
    • Create the PLSG folder with the command mkdir PLSG or md PLSG
    • Change into the PLSG folder with the command cd PLSG
  2. Within this folder, create a new folder every time you want to start a new project or a new milestone, which is distinct from the previous projects.
  3. Download and install uv
  4. Display the uv help page with the command uv --help and note the list of Commands, the frequently used ones being run, init, python, pip, venv, self and help.
  5. Learn the switches used with the self command by typing uv self --help
  6. Learn the switches used with the init command by typing uv init --help
  7. What is the difference between the output of uv init --help and uv help init?
  8. Display the list of CPython versions available for download by typing