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title: Introduction
owner: Tobias Fuhrimann
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This tutorial will help you to deploy a Python web app in minutes.

Hang on for a few more minutes to learn how it all works, so you can make the most out of <%= vars.product_full %>.

The tutorial assumes that you have:

* An <%= vars.product_short %> account
* <a href="https://www.python.org/" target="_blank">Python</a> installed locally - see the installation guides for <a href="http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/" target="_blank">OS X</a>, <a href="http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/win/" target="_blank">Windows</a>, and <a href="http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/linux/" target="_blank">Linux</a>.
* <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools" target="_blank">Setuptools</a> and <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip" target="_blank">pip</a> installed locally. See the Python install guides above for installation instructions.
* <a href="https://github.com/kennethreitz/python-guide/blob/master/docs/dev/virtualenvs.rst" target="_blank">Virtualenv</a> installed locally. Accomplish this by running `pip install virtualenv`.

Furthermore, you must have a first Cloud Foundry <a href="../concepts/roles.html#orgs" target="_blank">Organization</a> and <a href="../concepts/roles.html#spaces" target="_blank">Space</a> to push your apps to. In case you don't have that yet, please follow the tutorials in the web console before returning here.

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  <a href="./set-up.html" class="btn btn-primary">I'm ready to start</a>
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