document requirements & .env file

basics/basics.md

@@ -7,3 +7,27 @@ Check if execution is in main program
 ````python
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 ````
+
+## Load modules
+````python
+import <MODULE_NAME>
+````
+
+````python
+from <MODULE_NAME> import <FUNCTION>
+````
+
+## Install requirements
+Create a file called `requirements.txt` in the root of the directory and add the required python modules
+````text
+# requirements.txt
+python-dotenv
+discord-webhook==1.3.0
+````
+
+Optionally you can ad == to specify the required version of the module
+
+Install the modules with the following command:
+````bash
+pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+````

basics/enviromment.py

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Envirommental variables
+# Michi von Ah - October 2023
+
+# Import required modules
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+# Load variables from .env file
+load_dotenv()
+
+os.getenv('TEST') # Example output: Hello World!