Merge pull request #20 from JostMigenda/setup-instructions

Update setup instructions

Author: JostMigenda

learners/setup.md

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 ### Details
 
-This course uses Python and was developed using Python 3.11, therefore it is recommended that you have a Python 3.11 or newer environment.
+This course was originally developed using Python 3.11 and last tested with Python 3.13. We recommend that you have a Python 3.13 environment.
 
 You may want to create a new Python virtual environment for the course, this can be done with your preferred Python environment manager (e.g. `conda`, `pipenv`), the required packages can all be installed via `pip`.
 
-If you have `conda` available, you can create and activate a new environment named `py311_env` with Python 3.11 using the following command:
+If you have `conda` available, you can create and activate a new environment using the following command:
 
 ```sh
-conda create --name py311_env python=3.11
-conda activate py311_env
+conda create --name prof_opt python=3.13
+conda activate prof_opt
 ```
 
 The non-core Python packages required by the course are `pytest`, `snakeviz`, `line_profiler`, `numpy`, `pandas` and `matplotlib` which can be installed via `pip`.
 
 ```sh
-pip install pytest snakeviz line_profiler[all] numpy pandas matplotlib
+pip install pytest snakeviz "line_profiler[all]" numpy pandas matplotlib
 ```
 
 To complete some of the exercises you will need to use a text-editor or Python IDE, so make sure you have your favourite available.
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-### Mac OS (line_profiler)
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-If you are unable to install `line_profiler` via `pip` on MacOS. Instead it can be installed via `conda`.
-
-```sh
-conda install -c conda-forge line_profiler
-```
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