Setting up a Python development environment

Let's start by setting up our local development environment. Since we are building end-to-end solutions in the projects, there are numerous packages and dependencies that we will need. The packages we will need don't always come as part of the standard library. Our projects will sometimes need specific versions of the libraries to get all of the moving pieces working together. Therefore, it is very important that you follow these instructions to install the packages, as described in this chapter.