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+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+## Install click 7.1.2 uisng pip from PyPI
+RUN pip install click==7.1.2
+
+## set working directory to /opt
+WORKDIR /opt
+
+## Copy the app.py file to /opt  
+COPY app.py /opt
+
+## Make app.py executeable
+RUN chmod +x /opt/app.py
+
+## Add app.py to the path
+RUN export PATH=/opt:$PATH
+
+## Run the application
+CMD ["python", "/opt/app.py", "--name", "ilayda"]
diff --git a/04-containers/solutions/ilayda/exercise1/README.md b/04-containers/solutions/ilayda/exercise1/README.md
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+ilayda typing nicely
diff --git a/04-containers/solutions/ilayda/exercise1/app.py b/04-containers/solutions/ilayda/exercise1/app.py
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+import click
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option('--name', default='ilayda', help='Name of the participant.')
+@click.version_option(version='1.1.0')
+def main(name):
+    """
+    A demo App for BIOS259: The Art of Reproducible Science
+    https://github.com/asntech/bios259-a24
+    
+    Author: Aziz Khan <azizk@stanford.edu>
+    """
+
+    print(f"Hello, {name}!\nWelcome to BIOS259 – The Art of Reproducible Science")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()