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0 pointsschlumpf9y ago0 comments

This. Particularly the need for a minimum standard project structure.

Pipenv shows its pedigree and looks like a great tool...that also overlaps significantly with conda. What are the use cases that Pipenv addresses better than/in lieu of conda?

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mdeeks9y ago

It looks like Pipenv does not handle the python install itself or associated non-python libraries. With Conda I can tell it to install Python 3.6 along with FreeTDS (for mssql). Conda lets me do this in one environment.yml file and have it work cross platform. Separate homebrew or apt-get steps are no longer necessary.

That said pipenv still looks awesome. Any improvement to the python packaging world is welcome gift.

daenney9y ago

You don't need to install (ana|mini)conda just to get a package manager, would be why I would use Pipenv over Conda. Miniconda alone requires somewhere close to 400MB of space and comes with a whole bunch of extra things I don't need just to manage packages and virtualenvs.

kalefranz9y ago

The miniconda bootstrap of conda is ~20-30 MB (compressed) depending on platform. It contains only conda and its dependencies, like python and requests. It's how you install conda if you want only conda. The 400 MB number is for the Anaconda Distribution, which is a self contained, single-install, get-all package primarily aimed at scientists and engineers.

darkarmani9y ago

Don't you mean 45MB windows, and 21 MB OSX?

https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/

sametmax9y ago

pipenv allow you to completly ignore the virtualenv. Like node_packages. It seems a detail, but giving a lot of python and js trainings, I came to realize newcomers needs little help like this.

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