If you are on Windows we would need to use Anaconda for setting up a Python environment for development.
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Download the Anaconda installer https://www.anaconda.com/download/#windows
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Run the installer, do ensure you are installing Python 3.7
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Now you can open the Anaconda Navigator command prompt or the GUI version to have a look at your python environment and the dependencies installed. In case you would need to install other things you can use conda/pip install on the command prompt or search for the packages on the Anaconda Navigator GUI.
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It is better to use an IDE for easier development. VSCode, Pycharm or any other one can be used.
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The Anaconda Navigator comes handy in managing your environment and you can easily launch IDE instances from here. Anaconda Navigator comes pre-installed with spyder and jupyter notebooks.