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+language: python
+python:
+    - 2.7
+    - 3.6
+branches:
+  only:
+    - develop
+    - first_edition
+    - second_edition
+install:
+    - pip install flake8  # pytest  # add other testing frameworks later
+before_script:
+    # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+    - time flake8 . --count --select=E901,E999,F821,F822,F823 --show-source --statistics
+    # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings.  The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+    - time flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+script:
+    - true  # add other tests here
+notifications:
+    on_success: change
+    on_failure: always