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Node developer here - it’s crazy that the canonical solution embraced by Python developers involves full-on virtual environments.

• CogitoCogito 4y ago
  Is it that surprising? Wouldn't you consider node_modules/ basically a virtual environment as well? Python didn't go the node route from the beginning so virtual environments make a lot of sense to fix the issues. Node presumably drew lessons from python and other sources and went with the full recursive design from the beginning.
  • rcarmo 4y ago
    Yep. I set up my Node projects in the equivalent of a venv (largely because I’ve found a lot more dependency hell in Node than in Python, especially around nested dependencies that would clobber things in other projects)
• leontrolski 4y ago
  I wrote a short guide for confused node developers at work a while ago https://leontrolski.github.io/virtualenvs-for-node-devs.html https://leontrolski.github.io/virtualenvs-for-node-devs.html
• viraptor 4y ago
  That the same as npm (node), bundler (ruby), and many other solutions do. Some details differ, but the concept is the same.
• samwillis 4y ago
  But venvs are even more powerful than npm node_modules, it gives you complete control of the path. No need for “npm run” stuff. Take a look at https://pypi.org/project/nodejs-bin/ https://pypi.org/project/nodejs-bin/. It lets you install a specific project version of Node in a Python venv.