July 15, 2021
This is going to be simple.
I started building an API in Python. And the first thing was to manage my packages - because, let’s face it - installation hell is the worst kind of hell!
Here’s how to do it,
- Use the command below to create a new environment. This will add a new folder in your project with
_environment_name. Make sure to add this to.gitignore
python3 -m venv _environment_name_
- Activate this environment using,
source _environment_name_/bin/activate
- Now, if you want to install and freeze packages, i.e, the nodejs equivalent of
npm install package_name --save, here’s what you need
pip install package_name && pip freeze > requirements.txt
Might add more to this post later - but for now - adios!
Happy building!