diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91962693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "5500-Refactoring_Practice",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}
diff --git a/python/UML.pdf b/python/UML.pdf
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index 00000000..46553a3a
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diff --git a/python/gilded_rose.py b/python/gilded_rose.py
index 4f21ea64..536d790c 100755
--- a/python/gilded_rose.py
+++ b/python/gilded_rose.py
@@ -44,3 +44,8 @@ class Item:
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "%s, %s, %s" % (self.name, self.sell_in, self.quality)
+
+
+#The original code relied on a monolithic update_quality method with deeply nested conditional logic
+#I implemented the Strategy Pattern, decomposing the complex conditional logic into separate classes
+#Created a new strategy class rather than risking regression bugs by modifying the existing, messy if/else block.
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diff --git a/python/package-lock.json b/python/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fcf0f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "python",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}
diff --git a/texttests/config.gr b/texttests/config.gr
index 54f8f719..83664e6b 100755
--- a/texttests/config.gr
+++ b/texttests/config.gr
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ diff_program:meld
 
 
 # Settings for the Python version
-#executable:${TEXTTEST_HOME}/python/texttest_fixture.py
-#interpreter:python
+executable:${TEXTTEST_HOME}/python/texttest_fixture.py
+interpreter:python
 
 # Settings for the cpp version
 #executable:${TEXTTEST_HOME}/cpp/cmake-build-debug/test/cpp_texttest/GildedRoseTextTests