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@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ Most of this code is an "application" which is tightly interwoven and intended
to be run from this directory, but the client library is distributed on
pypi.org.
+## Dependencies
+
+This project uses `pipenv` to manage dependencies, and requires Python 3.5.
+You can can install `pipenv` with `pip` (or `pip3`). If you also install
+`pyenv`, `pipenv` will automatically install Python 3.5 for you. You may want
+to set the `PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT` environment variable on your development
+machine (see pipenv docs for details).
+
+NOTE: ensure you are using at least pipenv version `2018.11.26`. Earlier
+versions had a bug which caused problems with our local path dependency.
+
## API Client Library
The auto-generated python client library for the fatcat API lives under
@@ -22,15 +33,6 @@ locally):
## Web Interface
-This project uses `pipenv` to manage dependencies, and assumes Python 3.5
-(which pipenv may install if you are running a different local version; see
-notes in Pipfile). You can can install `pipenv` with `pip`. You may want to set
-the `PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT` environment variable on your development machine
-(see pipenv docs for details).
-
-NOTE: ensure you are using at least pipenv version `2018.11.26`. Earlier
-versions had a bug which caused problems with our local path dependency.
-
To just run the web interface (which will try to connect to a back-end API
server on the same machine by default), use: