How to set up the dependencies for this book
We’ll assume at least a basic familiarity with Python, Jupyter, and environments in this book, but let’s quickly walk through this together. You can safely skip this section if you are confident about your setup or if you plan to install libraries separately for each chapter or application.
Please make sure you have Python version 3.10 or higher installed. You can install it from python.org or your platform’s package manager. If you use Docker, Conda, or Poetry, an appropriate Python version should be installed automatically as part of the instructions. You should also install Jupyter Notebook or JupyterLab to run the example notebooks interactively.
Environment management tools like Docker, Conda, Pip, and Poetry help create reproducible Python environments for projects. They install dependencies and isolate projects. This table gives an overview of these options for managing dependencies:
