learning-python 🐍

Just some takes on learning Python, simple stuff, nothing too fancy.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Cursor helped me a lot with this.

Why?

I already had to get my hands dirty with Python in the last months, so I think it's time to start learning it properly. At least the basics.

Also I would like to start playing a bit with LLMs and related stuff on my local machine, and that's mostly Python ground.

Setting up the global environment

• install pyenv with brew
• install latest python with pyenv
• set latest python as global default with pyenv global <version>
  • in case it doesn't work, adding eval "$(pyenv init -)" to .zshrc has helped
• checked its working with $ python --version

Setting up the local environment

• set a python version as local default with $ pyenv local <version>
• $ python -m venv .venv create local virtual env
• $ source .venv/bin/activate activate the virtual env
  • $ deactivate to leave the virtual env
• checked its working with $ python --version

Managing dependencies

• install existing dependencies with $ pip install -r requirements.txt
• update dependencies with $ pip freeze > requirements.txt

How to run the projects

install dependencies

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

run the script

$ python <script>.py

Some useful libraries

• pytest - testing
• ruff - format + linter
• ipython - interactive shell
• ipdb - debugger
• litestar - web framework api

License

Released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.