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 Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
+## Running the Project with Docker
+
+If you prefer to run this sample locally using Docker (instead of VS Code Dev Containers or Codespaces), you can do so easily.
+
+### 🐳 Steps to Run
+
+1. **Build the Docker image:**
+   ```bash
+   docker build -t vscode-python-app .