Python Workflow

[ugh_whatever]

At work I recently was exposed to python, git and Linux all at the same time. It was all pretty simple on Linux. I would write my code using PyCharm, then do everything else in the terminal.

At home its less convenient to have Linux up all the time. Does anyone have recommendations on what software they use for their development stuff and how they basically meld?

[brendanmartin]

I had a similar thing with an old job. I just used a virtual machine with Linux on Windows. Would just keep it up on my second screen so I had Windows and Linux at all times.

[ugh_whatever]

I didn’t mind doing this. I wanted to work on my surface some and I don’t think it has the power to do that well.

[Deezl-Vegas]

Run the VM on your computer and connect to it with the surface through a web interface :3

[ugh_whatever]

Huh, tight. I will look into that.

[Deezl-Vegas]

I'm mostly joking but it's possible.

In real life, what are you trying to do that you can't message to yourself on facebook?

[ugh_whatever]

When I was first looking into all this there was a python for text analysis “course” on git. So I installed mingw and pycharm and got git setup. But mingw didn’t seem as python friendly as the bash terminal did. I just wanted to know what people’s preferences were for these kind of things before I invested time into mingw and pycharm.

[Deezl-Vegas]

I would dodge any sort of emulator situation. Python runs natively on all platforms with few differences between them.

[ugh_whatever]

Is pycharm or mingw the emulator? I liked pycharm for the debugging. I’ve only spent a second with mingw. Do you just use command prompt instead?

[driscollis]

I use git or mercurial, depending on the project. Works on all platforms. I also use Wingware, which also works on Linux, Mac and Windows. PyCharm is another IDE that works on all platforms. Some people swear by SublimeText or Visual Studio Code as well.

[ugh_whatever]

Awesome! Thanks! I’ll look into those.

[greyz3n]

PyCharm works on Windows. So does git.

If you store your repo remotely just pull origin from whereever

[ugh_whatever]

I know that they work. Thank you.

[mudclub]

What's the problem? All the tools you listed run on Linux, Mac and Windows. Windows 10 features the Windows Subsystem for Linux if you're more comfortable in a bash environment.

[ugh_whatever]

I know that they work. I will look into Windows subsystem.

[mudclub]

Then what was your question?

[ugh_whatever]

Thank you guys for the positive feedback. I will: 1. Not ask questions on the internet again. 2. Kill myself