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Virtual Environments are a feature that has been part of python itself since version 3.3. It allows you to isolate both a python version and any packages you install with it. Every python project I develop with uses a virtual environment for such isolation purposes. Now I generally like to create these virtual environments inside the target project's directory so I know exactly what it's tied to. If you use GitHub's python gitignore file naming the virtual environment folder as venv or .venv will ensure it doesn't get committed (which you don't want). So I'll make a new project folder and create a virtual environment inside of it:
Now that our project is configured it's time to setup the project's directory structure. First we'll add some documentation files which are also useful if you plan to share the code in someplace such as GitHub. Create a new file called README.md using your favorite editor in the project directory with whatever content you want to introduce the project: