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Discussion on: Dead Simple Python: Virtual Environments and pip

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

Honestly, I've never used it. I know Anaconda is a Python distribution platform geared specifically towards data science. If you like it, by all means, enjoy it. :3 But you should know how regular Python works, and then find out what makes Anaconda different. I don't know much about it at all.

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Anna R Dunster

Makes sense. Everywhere I've seen commands they look pretty similar. I wouldn't be surprised if conda is using a lot of the same stuff behind the scenes, but I don't actually know. (it is definitely recommended to NOT use pip to install anything if you're using conda, though...or if you absolutely must, do it last.)

I'm not sure how I like it, comparatively, having not done anything with Python without it. Sometimes it seems like more overhead than necessary, though.