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Tijani Ayomide
Software Engineer | Technical Writer
Do you ask yourself what is a virtual environment and why are all developers use it all the time? Well, that is why I am here to clear all the skepticism. What is a Virtual Environment? A virtual environment is a tool that helps keep the required dep...
Kamal Mustafa
This is quite dated. The preferred way to invoke virtualenv (venv as it known these days) is through python itself:-
python -mvenv myenv
I wrote some more on virtualenv, such as why using source bin/activate not advised for beginner here:-
source bin/activate
blog.xoxzo.com/2020/05/09/making-sense-python-env…
Is that so I haven’t had any problems using this method... Although seeing a better means wouldn’t hurt... I would give your blog a read 😁. Thank you
Tijani Ayomide virtualenv will still work but you have one less thing to install before getting started. Previously you have to tell people:-
Now it just:-
Adepegba Adegoke
Frontend Developer
I guess I'll now start using a virtual environment...
Yeah... it will help your development a lot 👍🏾
Kamal Mustafa
This is quite dated. The preferred way to invoke virtualenv (venv as it known these days) is through python itself:-
python -mvenv myenvI wrote some more on virtualenv, such as why using
source bin/activatenot advised for beginner here:-blog.xoxzo.com/2020/05/09/making-sense-python-env…