To be able to utilize Git and GitHub for version control, you have to have two components ready—a Git client on your local computer (used to communicate with the cloud service GitHub) and a GitHub account (to be associated with all version control tasks that you will perform).

Let's walk through the following steps to set up our Git and GitHub tools:

1. Go to git-scm.com/downloads and choose the download that corresponds to your operating system.
2. By default, Git client is a command-line tool, but it is possible to utilize various GUI tools from Git to make the process more intuitive. We will not be needing these GUI tools, as PyCharm will take care of this process.
3. Next, you need to register for an account on GitHub. Head to www.github.com and click on the Sign Up button to start the registration process.

With that, you are all set to be able to utilize various version control functionalities with Git and GitHub. In the next few subsections, we will be considering various tasks and commands that programmers commonly use in their version control process.