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# Pre-Class TODO's

### 1. Install Docker & Docker Compose

We will be using a new tool for packaging our code in preparation for running it on a cloud server! 

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[Docker Installation](/chapters/containerization/docker-installation.md)
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### 2. Make an account on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/).

This is so that you can push your Docker images to a public place that your remote server can pull from.

### 3. Download Demo Starter Code

Same as demo 4 starter code! You can reuse what we did in demo4, or you can fill in our starter code with a dummy endpoint that returns "Hello World" :)

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