Write workflows with Prefect

This repository contains code that accompanies the Prefect course for workflows authors.

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Setup

Use your chosen Python virtual environment manager. We suggest using uv because it's fast and relatively quick to set up, but feel free to use your preferred tool. The examples below show uv.

Download the repository

git clone https://github.com/PrefectHQ/write-workflows-course.git

Navigate to the course directory

cd write-workflows-course

Install uv (if needed)

For macOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

For Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

For troubleshooting, see the uv installation guide.

Create a new virtual environment

uv venv --python 3.12

You should see a note that the virtual environment was created successfully and instructions for how to activate it.

Activate the virtual environment

source .venv/bin/activate

You should see the virtual environment name in parentheses in your terminal prompt .

Install Prefect and the other necessary Python packages

uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Start a self hosted Prefect server instance or connect to Prefect Cloud