Stephen's blog Set up virtual environment with Anaconda Nov 26, 2023 · 2 min read 🌐 What is a virtual environment? A virtual environment is a special directory for holding a specific version of Python and other modules. 🤔 Why do we need them? Creating a virtual environment prevents packages with different versions from interfering with each other. This prevents the dependencies from causing conflict issues that stop the app from operating smoothly. 🔄 Types of virtual environments venv - an inbuilt virtual environment tool from Python pipenv - the combination of pip and venv conda - an open-source tool for virtual environments (widely used for data science projects) Let's explore how to create a virtual environment using conda: 🚀 Setting up your virtual environment 1. Install conda 💻 You can download and install conda from the official Anaconda or Miniconda website 2. Navigate to a directory of your choice in the terminal 📂 cd replace_this_with_your_directory_here 3. Create the Conda environment file 📜 Create a new file and name it (this one is called my_first_conda_venv.yml). Then add the information about the environment to it: name: my_first_conda_venv channels: - defaults dependencies: - python=3.10 - pip - pip: - -r requirements.txt 4. Create the requirements.txt file 📝 List the Python libraries you need later on into the requirements.txt file: pandas numpy matplotlib seaborn sqlalchemy psycopg2 jupyterlab 5. Create and activate your environment 🌿 Use these commands to set up and access your environment: conda env create -f my_first_conda_venv.yml conda activate my_first_conda_venv 6. Deactivate your environment 🛑 Always shut down the environment after you're done working in it: conda deactivate Happy coding!✨ Read on web Add a comment © 2023 Stephen's blog 8 The Green, Ste 300, Dover, Delaware, 19901 Unsubscribe Publish with Hashnode