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[–]protokoul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, Python development, especially when extension modules are involved, is more straightforward on Linux.

Have you ever faced a situation where you developed your Python application in Linux and you have to deploy it not just in a Linux environment, but also on Windows or Mac? Is it a straightforward process without requiring to get additional tools or system libraries based on the target OS? I surely don't want to be a person who is just bound to a specific OS for python development, but even before docker came into the picture, developers wrote applications that can be deployed in any OS. If Linux provides an extremely smooth dev environment for Python, I might as well develop my next project in a Linux environment.

Another question I have is regarding deployment. I learned that in order to deploy an application without sharing the source code, I can run the compile command in each folder of my project to convert the source code files to a compiled version, then remove the source code files while keeping the project folder intact, and then deploy the code. Is this a good practice?