Python virtual environments
Python virtual environments
Posted Jun 14, 2018 7:50 UTC (Thu) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)Parent article: Python virtual environments
Posted Jun 14, 2018 14:54 UTC (Thu)
by servilio-ap (subscriber, #56287)
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 11:16 UTC (Fri)
by sbaugh (guest, #103291)
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Apparently people find it painful to have to start any kind of Python training with 20 minutes of Python package manager/virtual environment tooling training. I know that one reason I would find it painful to teach people about those kind of tools is that they are not tools for life. Effort invested into learning Python tools will just be wasted when the tool of the day changes, or I want to use a different language.
But if people had a long-lasting packaging tool they could use for all languages, I don't think I would mind teaching that tool at the start of Python lessons; I'd know it would be long-term useful knowledge for people. I think Nix (or something like it) could meet this criteria.
Posted Jun 18, 2018 15:58 UTC (Mon)
by civodul (guest, #58311)
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Python virtual environments
When I have the choice I skip language "toy" package managers entirely and use Nix shells
And this have the advantage of being able to express dependencies that are not part of the language-specific package manager, e.g.: OpenSSL, libxml2.
Python virtual environments
Agreed, I feel that Nix shells and guix environment provide similar functionality but are more robust (they make no assumptions about the environment) and not limited to Python.
Python virtual environments