asymy / windows_python_setup

Setup python on windows system

Text Editor

Desktop Apps

• Visual Studio Code: code.md
• atom
• sublime
• emacs

Terminal Editors

• nano
• vim
  • neovim
  • vi

Terminal

• windows terminal
• terminal.md

git

• git.md
• git for windows
• github

markdown

• markdown: markdown.md

python

• conda
  • good for beginners and windows users
• straight
  • better on linux or macos
  • less bloat
  • how i prefer to install

pip

• pypi
  • package manager
  • use pip install <package>

virtual environment

• venv
  • what i use but only recently discovered the power of virtual environments
• pyenv
  • commonly used one
• conda environment
  • what i first started using for virtual environments
  • ok for beginners

ipython & jupyter notebooks

• IPy
  • use ipython instead of bare python in the terminal
  • use jupyter notebooks for testing/debugging & learning

autopep8 & style guide

• pep8
  • everyone follows this style guide - so you should too because it means everything is formatted the same
• autopep8
  • auto formats your code to conform to pep8 style
  • other linters are available but i generally write neat code so haven't ever had a need for another one