Setting up your Python development environment
Before we start writing our first code, it’s important to create an environment to work in and install any necessary dependencies. Fortunately, Python has an excellent tooling system for managing virtual environments. Virtual environments in Python are a complex topic, but for the purposes of this book, it’s enough to know that they are isolated Python environments that are separate from your global Python installation. This isolation allows developers to work with different Python versions, install packages within the environment, and manage project dependencies without interfering with Python’s global installation.
In order to utilize the ChatGPT API in your NLP projects, you will need to set up your Python development environment. This section will guide you through the necessary steps to get started, including the following:
- Installing Python
- Installing the VSCode IDE
- Installing
pip
- Setting...