Revision of Python Virtual Environments

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venv.md

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7	7		It will create a virtual environment called venv
8	8
9	9		## Activate venv
10		-	``.\venv\bin\activate``
	10	+	`.\venv\bin\activate`
	11	+
	12	+	Verify it is working with:
	13	+
	14	+	`which python` and it should be `"somwthing-something"/venv/bin/python`
	15	+
	16	+
11	17
12	18		## Intall packages
13	19		``pip install jupyter matplotlib numpy pandas scipy scikit-learn``

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venv.md

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1		-	# Python venv virtual environment cheat sheet
	1	+	# Python3 venv virtual environment cheat sheet
2	2		## Create a venv
3	3		To create a virtual environment, go to the root of your project and run
4	4

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venv.md

			@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ To create a virtual environment, go to the root of your project and run
7	7		It will create a virtual environment called venv
8	8
9	9		## Activate venv
10		-	``.\venv\Scripts\activate``
	10	+	``.\venv\bin\activate``
11	11
12	12		## Intall packages
13	13		``pip install jupyter matplotlib numpy pandas scipy scikit-learn``
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25	25		## Install packages from requirements.txt
26	26		``pip install -r requirements.txt``
27	27
28		-	Place the ``requirements.txt`` file in the root of your project directory. When ready to install the dependencies, ensure your terminal is navigated to the project directory and your virtual environment is activated. Then, run ``pip install -r requirements.txt`` to install the listed packages within your virtual environment.
	28	+	Place the ``requirements.txt`` file in the root of your project directory.
	29	+	When ready to install the dependencies, ensure your terminal is navigated to the project directory
	30	+	and your virtual environment is activated. Then, run ``pip install -r requirements.txt``
	31	+	to install the listed packages within your virtual environment.
	32	+
	33	+	```bash
	34	+	python -m venv venv
	35	+	.\venv\bin\activate
	36	+	pip install -r requirements.txt
	37	+	```
	38	+
	39	+	__Also, more often lately (2023+), people have been suggesting your use `.venv` (note the dot).__
	40	+	Besure your `.gitignore` file has both `venv/` and `.venv/` in it.
	41	+
	42	+
	43	+
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venv.md(file created)

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1	+	# Python venv virtual environment cheat sheet
2	+	## Create a venv
3	+	To create a virtual environment, go to the root of your project and run
4	+
5	+	``python -m venv venv``
6	+
7	+	It will create a virtual environment called venv
8	+
9	+	## Activate venv
10	+	``.\venv\Scripts\activate``
11	+
12	+	## Intall packages
13	+	``pip install jupyter matplotlib numpy pandas scipy scikit-learn``
14	+
15	+	or
16	+
17	+	``python -m pip install -U jupyter matplotlib numpy pandas scipy scikit-learn``
18	+
19	+	## Create requirements.txt
20	+	``pip freeze > requirements.txt``
21	+
22	+	## Deactivate venv
23	+	``deactivate``
24	+
25	+	## Install packages from requirements.txt
26	+	``pip install -r requirements.txt``
27	+
28	+	Place the ``requirements.txt`` file in the root of your project directory. When ready to install the dependencies, ensure your terminal is navigated to the project directory and your virtual environment is activated. Then, run ``pip install -r requirements.txt`` to install the listed packages within your virtual environment.

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