Python Ecosystem - An Introduction
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Python Ecosystem - An Introduction
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Re: Python Ecosystem - An Introduction
#2Nice article but you have a typo: updrage instead of upgrade :)
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#3pip is a neat system and all, but I still don't see why to use that versus a system package?
Re: Python Ecosystem - An Introduction
#4> Choose Python 3 only if you need to and/or fully understand the implications.
I would apply the "if you need to" part to Python 2. "3 if you can, 2 if you must"
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#5Thank you for this article.
As per the Pragmatic Programmer, I thought I would learn Python this year. It's been a tremendously frustrating experience getting a workable stack installed.
I wish the famous "One -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it" Python design philosophy extended to actually installing everything :(
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#6This is very good. I wish a resource like this was around when I was first learning Python. The difficulty of getting things to work around the language has always been a pretty stark contrast to the ease of the language itself.
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#7Nice article. I am bookmarking it.
Also The Zen of Python can always be accessed by this Easter egg
>>> import this
Re: Python Ecosystem - An Introduction
#8Thank you for this article. As per the Pragmatic Programmer, I thought I would learn Python this year. It's been a tremendously frustrating experience getting a workable stack installed. I wish the famous " One -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it " Python design philosophy extended to actually installing everything :(
Try the batteries-included distro from ActiveState.com.
Re: Python Ecosystem - An Introduction
#9pip is a neat system and all, but I still don't see why to use that versus a system package?
System packages install globally, pip can install globally or inside a virtualenv.
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#10Though the article claims to be targeted at users running on linux, most of the the info is still quite useful regardless of the platform - just figure out how to install python and and pip and the rest is pretty platform agnostic.