Python Development Environment

python-dev-env.md

Python Development Environment

This tutorial will install:

1. Homebrew
2. pyenv
3. venv

Pre-requirements

• macOS with zsh

Install Homebrew

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Install and configure pyenv

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Create a Python Virtual Environment (venv)

1. Go to the folder of the project and create the virtual environment:

$ cd /my/path/of/my/project
$ python -m venv .venv

This command will create the folder .venv inside the folder of the project with the version of the Python choosed.

2. Activate the virtual environment:

$ source .venv/bin/activate

Commands to execute inside virtual environment:

• which python To validate the location of virtual environment python
• python --version To check the version of virtual environment python
• deactivate To get out of the virtual environment