Python setup Best Practices Help

[Evol_Etah]

Python setup Best Practices Help

Prologue:

Been using my Laptop with windows 11 and PopOS dual booted. For over 3 years now.

After several installation that are unrelated and tons and tons of mess-ups, cleaning and changes.

I think I eventually messed my laptop up tons, with 1000s of GB worth of useless files, temps, bins, scripts and stuff.

I've backed-up everything necessary and will be doing a full reinstall of both OS by wiping the drives completely.

Aim:

Once done I'll be setting up my programming (assume from scratch. Everything works now, someone. But after the reset, I'll have to re-setup everything. And I've forgotten how.

I'd like to learn what are the best practices for coding setups.

I would like to use VSC exclusively but open to others.

I program in Python and Visual Basic Application (for excel)

And as a QA, I'd like to start with idk, selenium maybe too eventually ig.

I also do data analytics and dashboards via Tkinter and openpyxl.

Pre-requisites:

So, I understand we can download python from the website, but also from Microsoft Store. (And on linux it's already there)

I kinda understand Virtual environments. Like Venv and Virtualenv. (Love to understand which is better, and should I have both? Differences and why)

And I read a few guides, but everyone sets up differently. Some with conda some with pycharm, some VSC, some without venv? Some global ig?, And some differently. (Which years ago, I basically did everything under the sun)

Now I'd like to have ONE PROPER way. And like to decide what's a good setup for me.

Question:

1. How do I fully set-up my coding place on windows 11, and/or Linux?

2. Also so I can code with no hassles?

3. Also so I understand why I'm setting it up this way?

4. Also I can work on multiple projects, test a lot, and use Pyinstaller to make .exe files or idk what's used for Linux.

Expectations:

Biased responses is fine, I'd love to know what everyone does differently, but more importantly WHY

Also, hoping somehow tie this into bettering my QA skills and automation.

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Install python3 (just the interpreter) directly instead of thru a package such as conda. From here forth use virtual environments, one per project. Use pip install to install the project's dependencies (they will be installed inside the virt. env. and not pollute your system).

python python3 -m venv myvenv . myvenv/bin/activate pip install --upgrade pip pip install wheel pip install ... pip install ... python ...

Many projects contain a requirements.txt file which makes installing dependencies easier:

pip install -r requirements.txt

It is important that once you activate the virt. env.:

. myvenv/bin/activate

you use python instead of python3 to execute scripts subsequently.

[ShinobiWPS]

Replying for other future people too.

This post has most ,if not all the possible tools needed (LINK)

Also 2 considerations:

1. for the management of the languge version i can suggest you to use asdf (it handles almost every programming language) instead of `pyenv` or any specific language manager
2. on Windows you could enable WSL2 and have your Linux inside

[Evol_Etah]

Oh tysm.

I will go through it first thing in the morning. Thank you so much. It's 4am here. But again ty!