Pipenv

Fatma Kahveci
Coding
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  • They are isolated containers containing all the software dependencies for a given project.
  • You should use a dedicated virtual environment for each new Python project.
  • Historically Python developers have used either virtualenv or pyenv to configure the virtual environment, but prominent Python developer Kenneth Reitz released Pipenv which is now the officially recommended Python packaging tool.
  • Pipenv creates a Pipfile containing software dependencies and a Pipfile.lock for ensuring deterministic builds.
    • Determinism means that every time you download the software in a new virtual environment, you will have the same configuration.