Preparing our coding environment

Before we embark on the LlamaIndex coding journey, it’s essential to set up our development environment properly. This setup is the first step toward ensuring that we can smoothly run through the examples and exercises I’ve prepared for you.

Note

To maintain simplicity and ensure consistency across all examples, I’ve designed the sample code to be run in a local Python environment. I’m aware that many of you are fond of using web-based coding environments such as Google Colab and Jupyter Notebooks for your coding projects, so I kindly ask for your understanding if these examples do not directly translate to or run in these platforms. My goal was to keep our setup straightforward, allowing us to focus on the learning experience without compatibility concerns. Thank you for your understanding and happy coding!

Let’s quickly get our computer set up for some cool LlamaIndex coding.

Installing Python

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