AI Development Starter Guide

Welcome to the AI Development Starter Guide. This repository contains a comprehensive guide and automated tools for setting up a professional AI development environment.

📚 Guides & Tools

• install.sh: The One-Click Installer. Automates the entire setup (System, Python, Node, Docker, Local AI, Cloud SDK, ComfyUI).
• SETUP.md: The primary, comprehensive Markdown guide. Explains every step in detail.
• setup_guide.ipynb: A Jupyter Notebook version of the guide.
• WINDOWS_VIRTUALIZATION.md: Critical troubleshooting for Windows users needing to enable virtualization.

🌟 Quick Start

Step 1: Get Linux

You cannot run this on Windows directly. Open SETUP.md and follow Part 1 to install Ubuntu (Dual Boot or VM).

Step 2: Run the Installer

Once you are booted into Ubuntu:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/westkevin12/AI-Dev-Starter-Guide.git
   cd AI-Dev-Starter-Guide

2. Run the Installer:

   chmod +x install.sh
   ./install.sh

   Use --dry-run to see what it will do without making changes.

📦 What gets installed?

The script (and guide) sets up a "Gold Standard" environment including:

1. Workspace: Professional ~/github.com/username structure.
2. Core Tools: Google Antigravity IDE, Git, GitHub CLI, Docker Engine.
3. Languages: Python 3.11 (via Pyenv), Node.js LTS (via NVM).
4. Local AI: Ollama (for running Llama 3 etc) & Hugging Face CLI.
5. Cloud AI: Google Cloud SDK & Vertex AI tools.
6. Creative Studio: ComfyUI (Environment setup).