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Virtual environments

Explore how to create isolated Python environments with virtualenv to safely test software versions and packages. Understand the installation process, benefits, and how to use virtualenv for development and sandboxing.

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Virtual environments can be really handy for testing software. That’s true in programming circles too. Ian Bicking created the virtualenv project, which is a tool for creating isolated Python environments. You can use these environments to test out new versions of your software, new versions of packages you depend on ...