Hello everyone!
I'm the Teaching Assistant for the Blockchain Programming & Development course taught by @trostparadox at Oklahoma State University(OSU). 
This post is intended for students enrolled in the Blockchain Programming & Development course at OSU.


This explains the steps to be followed to connect to the Spears Lab Virtual Machine.

Navigate to https://desktop.okstate.edu/portal/ 


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Download and install VMware Horizon Client for Windows,
https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/details?downloadGroup=CART22FH2_WIN_2111&productId=1027&rPId=83268

After installing VMware Horizon Client, Search for ‘VMware Horizon Client’ and double click on it.

1.Click ‘Add Server’

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2.Enter the Name of Connection Server, ‘https://desktop.okstate.edu/’


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3.After clicking Connect, enter your Okey credentials
4.Click Launch for ‘Spears Lab’ or ‘SSB MSIS Lab’. 


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You will find ‘Visual Studio Code’ installed already if you launch ‘SSB MSIS Lab’.

Once you’re in the Windows desktop,
1. Hit Command + R
2. Enter ‘cmd’ and Click Ok
3. Install the python packages required for your tutorial,
	1. Ex: pip3 install been
	2. pip3 install pick
4. Use any IDE you’d like to, I will show you how to run python code in Visual Studio Code

Here're the steps to run the code for Get Posts tutorial, https://developers.hive.io/tutorials-python/get_posts.html in Visual Studio code:


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Copy the python code and paste in the editor and Save it.

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Click on Extensions:

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Search for Python extension and install it.


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Click the ‘Run’ button in the Python Script code editor window,

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Thanks for reading!