python-git-venv-tutorial

Demonstration of Python workflow with Github, venv, and VSCode using (what I understand to be) best practices.

Basic setup steps:

1. create remote repository (with Python .gitignore template)
2. clone from remote repo + open project in VSCode
3. install/verify python installation with brew install [email protected] on Mac
4. create virtual environment with venv using python3.X -m venv .venv
5. associate the .venv folder with the project in VSCode (cmd + shift + p to open command palette > Python: Select Interpreter)
6. pip install any packages you need
7. pip freeze > requirements.txt to export a list of installad packages
8. create your Python file .py
9. run python in the terminal to start an interactive session using .venv
10. run the Python command with open('<pythonfilename>.py', 'r') as f: exec(f.read()) to execute your Python file interactively, i.e., with all variables and results in memory

Basic Git controls:

1. git status to see status of local repository (with comparison to remote)
2. git add . to add all untracked/changed files
3. git commit -m "<commitmessage>" to commit changes locally
4. git push to push to the remote repository (origin by default)

• git remote -v to list remote repo URLs