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| [Landlab](./lessons/landlab/index.ipynb) | 
| [The Python Modeling Toolkit (pymt)](./lessons/pymt/index.ipynb) |
| [Permamodel Toolkit](./lessons/permamodel) |
-| [Best Practices in Software Development](./lessons/se/index.md) | local computer
+| [Best Practices in Software Development](./lessons/best-practices/index.md) | local computer
## Requirements
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