mmetzger / beginners-data-workshop

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Load the environment using pip-tools

# Activate environment
workon beginners-data-workshop

# Update packages from requirements.txt
# If this is the first time, then pip install pip-tools
pip-sync

# Install new package & update requirements.txt
pip install new-package-name
pip freeze  # to check version number

# Copy paste package & version to requirements.in
pip-compile
pip-sync

Setup

# Install virtualenv
pip install virtualenv


# Install virtualenvwrapper (http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html)
pip install virtualenvwrapper
# Tell shell to source virtualenvwrapper.sh and where to put the virtualenvs by adding following to .zshrc
zshconfig
#    # "Tell shell to source virtualenvwrapper.sh and where to put the virtualenvs"
#    export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
#    export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/code
#    source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
source ~/.zshrc
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
# Now let's make a virtualenv
mkvirtualenv venv
workon venv
# Commands `workon venv`, `deactivate`, `lsvirtualenv` and `rmvirtualenv` are useful
# WARNING: When you brew install formulae that provide Python bindings, you should not be in an active virtual environment.
# (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md)
deactivate


# Create virtualenv & install packages
mkvirtualenv beginners-data-workshop
pip install pip-tools
pip-sync
python -m ipykernel install --user --name beginners-data-workshop --display-name "Python (beginners-data-workshop)"

# Install Jupyter Extensions static files
jupyter contrib nbextension install --user
# More info: https://jupyter-contrib-nbextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html

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