Environment Setup Basics 🛠️

Setting up your development environment is the first step to building amazing projects! Here's a quick guide to get you started:

1. Install Development Tools 💻

• Python (Recommended for backend)
  Get Python and install Python_development
• Node.js (For frontend or APIs)
  Download from Node.js_official
• Docker (For containerization)
  Install Docker_setup

2. Configure Environment Variables 🧾

• Create a .env file in your project root
• Add key-value pairs like:

  API_KEY=your_api_key_here
  DATABASE_URL=mysql://user:password@localhost/dbname
  

• Use dotenv to load variables

3. Project Structure Setup 📁

• Basic folder layout:

  /project_root  
  ├── src/  
  ├── tests/  
  ├── .gitignore  
  └── README.md
  

• Use VS_Code_setup for coding

Next Steps 🚀

Ready to dive deeper? Check out our Advanced Setup Guide for more tips!