What is a virtual environment?

Virtual environments are useful tools in Python development that allow you to isolate package installations related to a specific project from the main system’s Python installation. This means you can have separate environments with different package dependencies for different projects.

Creating a virtual environment is easy using the venv module in the Python standard library. The basic steps are as follows:

1. Create the virtual environment by running the following command:

   python3 -m venv venv

   This will create a venv folder that contains the isolated environment.

2. Activate the virtual environment.

   On Unix/Linux systems, run the following command:

   source venv/bin/activate

   On Windows, run the following command:

   venv\Scripts\activate

   Your command prompt will now show the virtual environment name enclosed in parentheses. Any package installations will now be isolated in this environment.

3. You can install any packages needed for your project...