Stormpy is an extension to `Storm <http://www.stormchecker.org/>`_. As a consequence, developers of Storm contributed significantly to the functionality offered by these Python bindings.
Stormpy is an extension to `Storm <http://www.stormchecker.org/>`_.
As a consequence, developers of Storm contributed significantly to the functionality offered by these Python bindings.
The bindings themselves have been developed by (lexicographically ordered):
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`Storm website <http://www.stormchecker.org/>`_.
While we assume some very basic programming concepts, we refrain from using more advanced concepts of python throughout the guide.
We start with a selection of high-level constructs in stormpy, and go into more details afterwards. More in-depth examples can be found in the :doc:`advanced_examples`.
We start with a selection of high-level constructs in stormpy, and go into more details afterwards. More in-depth examples can be found in the :doc:`advanced_topics`.
..seealso:: The code examples are also given in the `examples/ <https://github.com/moves-rwth/stormpy/blob/master/examples/>`_ folder. These boxes throughout the text will tell you which example contains the code discussed.
- Python 3 is available on your system. Stormpy does not work with python 2.
- `pycarl <https://moves-rwth.github.io/pycarl>`_ is available.
- `Storm <http://www.stormchecker.org/>`_ is available on your system.
are both available on your system. To avoid issues, we suggest that both use the same version of `carl <https://smtrat.github.io/carl>`_.
To avoid issues, we suggest that both pycarl and Storm use the same version of `carl <https://smtrat.github.io/carl>`_.
The simplest way of ensuring this is to first install carl as explained in the `Storm installation guide <http://www.stormchecker.org/documentation/installation/manual-configuration.html#carl>`_.
You can then install Storm and pycarl independently.
..topic:: Virtual Environments
Virtual environments create isolated environments for your projects. This helps to keep your system clean, work with different versions of packages and different versions of python. While it is not required, we recommend the use of
such virtual environments. To get you started, we recommend `this guide <http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/>`_ or `this primer <https://realpython.com/blog/python/python-virtual-environments-a-primer>`_.
Installation Steps
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Virtual Environments
--------------------
Virtual environments create isolated environments for your projects.
This helps to keep your system clean, work with different versions of packages and different version of python.
While it is not required, we recommend the use of such virtual environments. To get you started, we recommend
`this guide <http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/>`_ or
`this primer <https://realpython.com/blog/python/python-virtual-environments-a-primer>`_.
In short you can create a virtual environment ``env`` with::
$ pip install virtualenv
$ virtualenv -p python3 env
$ source env/bin/activate
The last step activates the virtual environment.
Whenever using the environment the console prompt is prefixed with ``(env)``.
Matthias Volk
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