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+# Prerequisites 
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+Make sure you have docker, python, and pip.  I won't cover how to install those here, please search the internet for that info if you need it.
+
+# Running tests locally
+
+Travis-ci auto runs tests during pull requests (PR) but it only has 2 cores and if you have more/faster cpus your PC's local tests will be faster and you'll have quicker feedback loops than continually pushing to have your PR run travis-ci
+
+After you have the prereqs, to get the required pip packages run: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+
+To run the tests I currently use this `py.test` command: `py.test -vv -n auto` 
+
+* `-n auto` enables multi-core running of tests for as many cores as you have.
+* `-vv` runs verbosity level 2, which is a lot of lines of output but not too much (level 3)