# Preparation

### Before the first course session, you should ...

* [x] create accounts for [GitHub](https://docs.github.com/de/get-started/start-your-journey/creating-an-account-on-github), [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/) and [Claude](https://claude.ai/).<br>
* [x] install VS Code on your computer using [this link](https://code.visualstudio.com/).<br>
* [x] work through the first chapter of the  "[Introduction to Python](https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intro-to-python-for-data-science/chapter-1-python-basics?ex=1)"  course at datacamp. For this, you also need to register a (free) account at datacamp. You only need to complete the first chapter of the course, which is free.