created devcontainer for vscode and resolved unlisted dependencies.

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

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+# See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/blob/v0.202.3/containers/python-3/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
+# [Choice] Python version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 3, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3-bullseye, 3.9-bullseye, 3.8-bullseye, 3.7-bullseye, 3.6-bullseye, 3-buster, 3.9-buster, 3.8-buster, 3.7-buster, 3.6-buster
+ARG VARIANT=3-bullseye
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:0-${VARIANT}
+
+# [Optional] Allow the vscode user to pip install globally w/o sudo
+ENV PIP_TARGET=/usr/local/pip-global
+ENV PYTHONPATH=${PIP_TARGET}:${PYTHONPATH}
+ENV PATH=${PIP_TARGET}/bin:${PATH}
+RUN if ! cat /etc/group | grep -e "^pip-global:" > /dev/null 2>&1; then groupadd -r pip-global; fi \
+    && usermod -a -G pip-global vscode \
+    && umask 0002 && mkdir -p ${PIP_TARGET} \
+    && chown :pip-global ${PIP_TARGET} \
+    && ( [ ! -f "/etc/profile.d/00-restore-env.sh" ] || sed -i -e "s/export PATH=/export PATH=\/usr\/local\/pip-global:/" /etc/profile.d/00-restore-env.sh )
+
+# [Choice] Node.js version: none, lts/*, 16, 14, 12, 10
+ARG NODE_VERSION="none"
+RUN if [ "${NODE_VERSION}" != "none" ]; then su vscode -c "umask 0002 && . /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION} 2>&1"; fi
+
+# [Optional] If your pip requirements rarely change, uncomment this section to add them to the image.
+# COPY requirements.txt /tmp/pip-tmp/
+# RUN pip3 --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir install -r /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements.txt \
+#    && rm -rf /tmp/pip-tmp
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this line to install global node packages.
+# RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && npm install -g <your-package-here>" 2>&1

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/devcontainer.json or this file's README at:
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.202.3/containers/python-3
+{
+	"name": "Python 3",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"context": "..",
+		"args": { 
+			// Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6.
+			// Append -bullseye or -buster to pin to an OS version.
+			// Use -bullseye variants on local on arm64/Apple Silicon.
+			"VARIANT": "3.9-bullseye",
+			// Options
+			"NODE_VERSION": "lts/*"
+		}
+	},
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		// Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+		"vscode": {
+			// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+			"settings": { 
+				"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
+					"bash": {
+						"path": "/bin/bash"
+					}
+				},
+				"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/usr/local/bin/python",
+				"python.languageServer": "Default",
+				"python.linting.enabled": true,
+				"python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
+				"python.formatting.autopep8Path": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/autopep8",
+				"python.formatting.blackPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/black",
+				"python.formatting.yapfPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/yapf",
+				"python.linting.banditPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/bandit",
+				"python.linting.flake8Path": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/flake8",
+				"python.linting.mypyPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/mypy",
+				"python.linting.pycodestylePath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pycodestyle",
+				"python.linting.pydocstylePath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pydocstyle",
+				"python.linting.pylintPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pylint"
+			},
+
+			// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-python.python",
+				"ms-python.vscode-pylance"
+			]
+		}
+	},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [9000],
+
+	// Use 'portsAttributes' to set default properties for specific forwarded ports. More info: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/devcontainerjson-reference.
+	"portsAttributes": {
+		"9000": {
+			"label": "Hello Remote World",
+			"onAutoForward": "notify"
+		}
+	},
+
+	// Use 'otherPortsAttributes' to configure any ports that aren't configured using 'portsAttributes'.
+	// "otherPortsAttributes": {
+	// 		"onAutoForward": "silent"
+	// },
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "pip3 install -r requirements.txt",
+
+	// Comment out to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "vscode"
+}

requirements.txt

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+biopython==1.79
+cycler==0.11.0
+fonttools==4.34.4
+joblib==1.1.0
+kiwisolver==1.4.4
+matplotlib==3.5.2
+numpy==1.23.1
+packaging==21.3
+pandas==1.4.3
+Pillow==9.2.0
+pyparsing==3.0.9
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+pytz==2022.1
+scikit-learn==1.1.2
+scipy==1.9.0
+seaborn==0.11.2
+six==1.16.0
+threadpoolctl==3.1.0