The difference between virtual environments in Python and node_modules in JavaScript is minor I would say. It’s the same concept. I believe composer has somethi

The difference between virtual environments in Python and node_modules in JavaScript is minor I would say. It’s the same concept. I believe composer has something similar. It’s a directory where packages go and they are not part of the system wide installation. I agree that lock files are useful and it’s a pity that pip does not offer them.