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> NPM might suck for various reasons but at least all deps are installed local to each project. I'm sure there are secret incantations for doing the same in per

> NPM might suck for various reasons but at least all deps are installed local to each project. I'm sure there are secret incantations for doing the same in perl and python but by default most stuff I download requires global libraries to be installed No magic required in Python at all for this. Just use virtualenv from your project directory (don't bother with vitrualenvwrapper). $ virtualenv venv; . ./venv/bin/activate

tokyodude 8y ago
IMO it *is" magic because it's not the default. with npm I have to go through special effort to get anything to install globally. With both python and perl I've read countless books and websites over the last 20 years and never once ran into that incantation. They all just say type install Chocolate::Belgian or cpan Chocolate::Belgian or python -m pip install SomePackage etc..
- doteka 8y ago
  That's just intellectually dishonest, it's part of the official language tutorial... https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html
  - tokyodude 8y ago
    Chapter 12!
tech2 8y ago
Likewise don't bother with `activate`, just use the tools from the virtualenv directly `venv/bin/pip`, `venv/bin/python` etc.