There are simple, yet crucial, reminders that can differentiate an expert developer from a hobbyist. In this talk and live demo, developers will learn:
- the importance of abiding by the Zen of Python;
- where (and how) to install Python on your machine;
- three rules to follow when installing Python;
- proper version management with pyenv;
- which Python add-ons (e.g.: virtualenv, pipx, piptools, Docker) can be used to make environments both repeatable and simple.
Resources and Links
- ActiveState: https://www.activestate.com/products/python/
- asdf: https://github.com/danhper/asdf-python
- Anaconda: https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual
- Brew: https://brew.sh/
- Chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/
- Docker’s Python integration: https://hub.docker.com/_/python/
- PDM: https://pypi.org/project/pdm/
- pyenv setup: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#installation
- pyenv setup for Windows: https://pyenv-win.github.io/pyenv-win/
- pipenv versions: https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
- piptools: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools/#readme
- pipx setup: https://pypi.org/project/pipx/
- pipx: https://pypa.github.io/pipx/
- poetry: https://python-poetry.org/
- pyproject.toml: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0621/
- Python.org: https://python.org/
- virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
- virtualenvwrapper: https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- Zen of Python: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/