You MUST WATCH THIS before installing PYTHON. PLEASE DON'T MAKE this MISTAKE.

A beginner's guide to installing python. I show you how to use virtual environments in python. This is something that isn't taught in most beginner courses, but it's really useful.
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[@gilesmcmullen]

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[@colinharvey1049]

Are these courses different to the udemy course?

[@ShailjaGupta16]

Hi Giles, Do we need to install python every time we want to set up a virtual environment?

[@mohammadrafivulla8368]

No@@ShailjaGupta16, you can use the same "python"(that you have previously installed) to make any number of virtual environments you want, by just including the same path for the "python". But you need to install it every time there is a newer version of python available or when you need an older version, say for some old project that you have cloned...

[@ReaalBadman]

Jokes aside ... do u hack?

[@bjornhudson1699]

I dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account? I was stupid lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.

[@abhijeet800]

Your shirt confused me more than python

[@ZakariyeMaxamed1]

😂😂😂

[@geraldknowles519]

wow! you dumb then

[@stopcheatingconsumers9779]

LOL

[@brawnyvenky9584]

yes there are lot of virtual environments on his shirt, like containers inside a docker.

[@lifewithceecee9035]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Lazdinger]

“If you’re about to install Python for the first time, you’re almost certainly, gonna do it wrong.” This man understand me.

[@jetspray3]

And then somewhere in the video he said do not select the option to set path for those who download python before but he left the first timers confused.

[@ilkkuPvP]

@@jetspray3 Should I select the PATH option. First ever time installing Python3 (any python) EDIT: I googled and people say if I select PATH it will let me use just "python" in command prompt and I don't need to use "c:/.../.../.../python...". So I think it's better to select PATH?

[@heinrichhelmbold419]

You still got it all wrong... You installed on Windows and not Linux 😜 Linux is a completely different maze and would love to have a full tutorial on setting up virtual environments with libraries on Linux

[@brianhauk5965]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been developing command line, desktop and web software over years on Linux and Windows, and have been thinking about which machine learning/ IoT project to launch into next, but have paused this development knowing python and library versioning issues could create more grief than I'm ready to deal with. Your tutorial on virtual python environments may be a game changer for me, as now I can continue development without these roadblocks derailing my efforts!

[@hakonmoen3438]

FINNALLY!! not just another super technical "introduction" striped of high level illustration of what the topic is about. thank you for keeping it dumbed down for a set amount of time before introducing abbreviations after abbreviations

[@williamguesdon400]

Learned it the hard way. Cloud based solutions are also good for this. Anaconda offer the possibility of setting up multiple environments as well.

[@xaphon_683]

Me: watching how to install python Python Programmer: let's play the ukulele

[@cassondrad2280]

Thank you I really appreciate you providing that tip to help version control. You walked thru things and they made perfect sense and simple to do. Greatly appreciate it.

[@khloeluong755]

yayy you're back!! Thank you for the video. Looking forward to more to come! :)

[@SteelerY360Nation]

Thank You. 👍🙏. I’m glad that this is now installed on my computer before I start making projects. I still have difficulty understanding VE, but it will take me some time to learn it

[@1986RockSteady]

OMG! This is sooooo helpful! I have experienced the conflict issues in the past working on my own projects when first learning. Thank you!

[@Busterblade20]

I thought you were going to talk about Anaconda but still was a great video, I didn't know you could create venvs without modules or conda.

[@svhb1000]

Incredible how you combine Maxwell's equations, playing a ukelele during installing python!

[@tj9382]

Incredibly perplexing

[@mikemikel1629]

Made it so much more interesting :)

[@tcratius1748]

Makes sense, never got that far with projects, totally watching later, thanks mate! :)

[@MomirsLabTech]

this was immeasurably helpful. other creators glaze over all of the finer details of setting up python and I wasnt even able to install libraries, and now i can. thank you so much for this video!

[@greenstarlover1]

The bit with the ukulele cracked me up. Maybe I should too bring my piano up whenever I install something X'D

[@ruanerwee394]

I sometimes do

[@anantharamaniyer9135]

Ooooh, love the whiteboard with Maxwells equations in the background :)

[@8aravindk]

The ukelele tutorial really helped with my ADHD, this is probably the first time in my KZbin history I watched a KZbin video without tuning out and rewinding. Please consider keeping it if you haven't already. Thanks

[@franchinyama241]

Welcome back-- missed the videos

[@jessonpagaduan03]

Taking your Python course in Udemy is a good decision I made toward learning data science. Thank you for sharing your passion to teach and inspiring people like myself to learn computational thinking and Python.

[@jamespaz4333]

Hi there. Could you please mention what is the name of that course? Thank you

[@marceloherdy2379]

Hello Giles, thank you so much for this video. What an amazing video! I've never saw it anywhere else.

[@shellyshell22]

This was definitely one of the pieces of the puzzle that I've been missing! Thank you so much!

[@geraldknowles519]

That was fantastic, thank you. Just what I was looking for.

[@LeonVanDyk]

Great stuff Giles, I like your whacky style - and also Maxwell's equations!

[@harpreetgaur1]

OH MY GOD!!! I WAS JUST INSTALLING PYTHON AND YOU HAVE BLESSED ME!!!

[@wagnernoise]

Some Maxwell’s equations in the background, cool :) Cheers!

[@DraconaiMac]

Just found your channel and Im delighted. Older coder here not too excited by the newest languages but came across all the uses for Python and had a look here first. I'm grateful you did these videos. Thanks so very much!

[@pasuplateonishant4908]

How did I not find you yet? I am a subscriber now, and also a fan of your videos. Thanks!

[@stevensmith6376]

This was amazingly helpful. Love your sense of humor as well. Thanks so much.

[@bluidguy4007]

Thanks for this video, still in the middle of watching it but I wanted to say that in case I forget which I usually do. I've been dabbling with python for months now and I would have to say this is probably one of the biggest lapses in my self Learning Journey.

[@iamstevenadam]

It means he solved your problem?

[@jhoncharlesdf.1599]

Very nice ! mi amigo, this tips it's very great, and the mixing ukulele, that wonderful, thanks for your time.

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[@robertoamarillas]

Such a practical and logical install, as it should be done mate, thanks a lot, this will help me a lot with the famous python interpreters

[@DZX5000]

omg you are 100% spot on with the dependency issues that surface !

[@sakasalsakasal2748]

Wow, that was super helpful. Thank you!

[@paulorenatoxavierdasilva1452]

Your videos are amazing. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@groomy88]

Thanks for this. The ukulele segment was exceptional lol

[@prem1prakash]

Finally, a new video after a long time. I wish you had brought out this video when I was installing Python but batter late than never. By the way, nice design on shirt :-)

[@JoeLee-jk3wi]

Great video, thanks. It would be a great help if you could do a followup video on how to package and deploy to production server once Python project is done.

[@point1988]

Thank you so much. You really helped me a lot. I too am a physicist so i can appreciate maxwells equations. Liked and subscribed👍🏽

[@BrooksZurn]

good strategy with the ukelele for "wait times", I usually check something on the web and then forget to ever come back. An instrument provides a diversion with a limited amount of options. I'll run out of chords/song fairly quickly and then remember to get back to work.

[@algonte]

Thank you, very clarifying explanation on Python's virtual environments. The ukelele is great but I prefer the guitar. Maxwell's equations are also great but Einstein's General Relativity equations are more appealing ;-) (I don't mention Schrödinger equation because, in spite of its practical success, it is "probably" wrong :-D)

[@rohithm681]

Really regret discovering your channel so late. Absolutely love the pace at which you speak and the interludes. Nonetheless coming here to sharpen my python skills.

[@john_colter]

Thank you for demystifying this subject. What a relief!

[@chenhuang8566]

Hi, Giles, I am a python begnner and thanks a lot for your great advice. I've seen many of your videos about best python books you recommended and I've bought some of them including and etc.. Your playing piano and ukulele is very cool , and I love music as well even I hope to learn some music analysis ,composing, gaming by machine learning in the future if possible . Have you ever set up some projects about music?

[@alechewitt2347]

This literally happened to me, so glad I saw this

[@hayden1059yt]

I am so glad I found your video. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.

[@cassondrad2280]

Awesome, step by step, well done. I've installed python, thank you

[@MySUHIT]

thanks a lot, I've followed this guide to install python, hope everything works for the better.

[@BraxtonMeyer]

Your videos are amazing, both in terms of actually properly discussing what you set out to and the interludes that come on.

[@jojoTyme]

Use miniconda , simple yet effective . Learned it hard way when most deep learning models don't have compatibility with tensorflow 2+

[@meghranade5223]

A software like Flask may only work with certain versions of python packages & not others - hence one installs Flask in a virtual env ('sandbox') with all the dependent packages. Of course, another sandbox can be created for another software. Does miniconda allow you to do such? I have no experience with it, just asking.

[@mathew9665]

In your course - do you give directions / advise on setup from the complete beginner? It would be even better if you explain how to do this with MS Visual Studio IDE

[@cajunstrat]

This solves of many issues I was having....thanks a bunch!

[@kurtvega4871]

Excellent, thanks for this!

[@jordanscott1394]

This is great advice.. Best to get into the habit from the beginning.. Also makes it super easy to deploy to heroku and so on as you can freeze the requirements to a text file

[@mikeheitz46]

Great video and I learned something today! Trying to figure out how I can implement at work with dozens of Python scripts running on a remote desktop (or laptop) - we'd need the virtual environments setup on THAT machine, no? Windows machine runs all the scripts via Task Scheduler

[@alananalyst7795]

that was really good tutorial, thanks!

[@daverei1211]

Thanks Giles :-) Been coding python for over a year now for several projects, some application based, some POC projects. Wish I knew this before I started, would save a lot of package bloat. However just have a new PC so decided to set it up this way - brilliant:-)

[@DavidsonLoops]

Hi, I'm completely new to Python, I have a Mac so i haven't implemented what Giles said in the video yet but I'm a bit daunted that I don't even understand the problems people are bringing up in the comment section, like how to integrate this with anaconda, how to keep track of the venvs and the packages in each one, someone said it was confusing because they installed it to a certain drive in windows (dont understand why and dont understand its implications for Mac). Where do i even start?

[@daverei1211]

@@DavidsonLoops just take your time, work on little bits and expand your skills. I’ve found googling errors can be the best ways to find solutions. And welcome to a new wonderous world where with time and persistence you will be able to do almost anything.

[@DavidsonLoops]

@@daverei1211 Thanks, im just gonna use anaconda for now i think. im going through Giles's python course now and then going to start with projects, any quick tips on how to think in python instead of thinking yeah i know what these different aspects of python are but dk how its relevant to the problem

[@daverei1211]

@@DavidsonLoops First up, have some kind of goal, start small and build it up. Learn how to use print statements to report on the status of things (really helpful in troubleshooting). And where you find that you have a section of code that you want to call more than once, rather than duplicating that code, put it in a module and let it return at the end. Don’t be afraid to experiment, be patient with troubleshooting. Enjoy the power lists and dictionaries give you.

[@themysteriousunknownrevealed]

My Gods, I could listen to you talk about anything! Especially if there's gonna be a ukulele break!

[@marcosoliveira8731]

Thank you! It was really helpful.

[@giuseppefilomeno2152]

I love you. You help me to much,i researched it for 3 months

[@WPCompanion]

Thanks for this helpful video. Exactly what I needed.

[@erickking6729]

Great video. Now just waiting till the next episode which explains how to connect it to Pycharm. :D

[@neelpatel3844]

Finally you’re back!! 🙂

[@albertgarcialopez6351]

Came here for ukelele lessons and now I'm a software engineer somehow

[@aksolconnect]

You are so amazing, thank you for helping out. You made my day

[@RyanJohnson]

Thank you! 10 years of wanting a functional Python env and in 20 minutes, viola!

[@poopascoop4eva]

Awesome - just signed up for the Udemy course !

[@noizzy1306]

Incredible. I love your work.

[@LokiSrb]

Thanks, helped a lot. 👍🏼

[@deci5800]

awesome vid. bonus info on ukulele and Maxwell eqns.

[@priteshugrankar6815]

Excellent video. Tab completion works in windows cli too so if you were to type \pyver\ and just hit tab it would autocomplete to py383.

[@ProgrammerGirl]

Thank you for that video. It is very informative.

[@fadajoana]

Thank you so much for the video. I had such conflicts you mention. I was told to use anaconda instead, to manage the packages. Do you think your method is best than using anaconda? What would be the advantages/disadvantages of your method above anaconda? Thank you in advance

[@ReubenAStern]

I'm barelt even a beginner. I don't want to add too much complexity for now. But I will remember this. Thanks you.

[@DarinPirkey]

Just bought the course. Thanks!

[@cauaveiga]

Thanks!! Didn’t know that u are a physicist and I follow your channel for a while 😂😂. Was the whole vídeo wondering why did you put Maxwell equations on the blackboard, it makes a great scenario by the way....

[@romariocarvalhoneto7831]

Great stuff! Thanks. But how do we keep track of the many virtualenvs and the packages in each one of them?

[@cryptosecuritytools]

this is gold! Thanks so much

[@salikmalik7631]

Yes, you are back sir :)

[@gregNFL]

Usefulele! Thanks.

[@Spyder638]

This is a great introduction for people who are just getting into python, but don't don't want to step into the world of Anaconda etc, which seems to add more complexity. Speaking from experience. Thanks!

[@brianchandler3346]

The title is a bit misleading. You nailed some early frustrations when first learning Python that are not clear coming from using other package managers. I should note that virtual environments are great from a development perspective, but moving that to a deployable for systems on a network without going through pypi is still not well explained or documented, and to be frank shouldn't need to be. What I'd prefer is a simple command and clear standard to package the venv completely with the deps in it as the installable package. I think wheels is trying to fill this hole, but it still feels way more esoteric than it needs to be if not following the "put it on pypi" norm you see on tons of tutorials.

[@billgalen9014]

Back in the day we had to deal with MS dll hell. Library dependency hell has kept me from embracing Python in this day and time although early on I did use Python to create a quick and dirty embedded calculator in an enterprise Java application. Virtual environments seems to offer a clear path to ML and deep learning. A useful adjunct to data science in R.

[@juanseverino5651]

That was awesome I try all and now I can call pip with out an error in the CMD prompt. Now if you would be so kind and show how to download 2to3 to that path you make and I, It would be much appreciate. Thanks and keep them tuts coming.

[@sadhlife]

if you wanna get even more advanced, try using pyenv and poetry for managing python versions and packages, it's comfy

[@ammadkhan4687]

superb... i had the same problem .. thanks alot

[@peterpelle]

Great i found my new favourite teacher for windows =))

[@neorvo5599]

Greetings. Happy for seen your videos.

[@clairerovic]

Thank you for a very clear and concise understanding of python virtual environment. Though my musical skills are still sh...poor!!!

[@aturegano87]

I wish I had this video when I started with python 10 years ago. At the time I recall it was more complicated than now, or at least that was my feeling.

[@parthrajauria6520]

Glad you are back. ❤️❤️

[@gilesmcmullen]

Thanks very much! Me too!

[@parthrajauria6520]

I guess you lost some kilograms

[@dazecm]

Good video. Have you considered a video on using Docker for managing Python development environment versioning?

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

Just got enrolled in your course!

[@tralfazy]

If pip and or python aren't recognized in spite of re-installing Python over and over, try this.. Move the path variables for those up to the top of the path list. For me, there was a bad path somewhere in an old path setting that was being found first before my new path entry was found and thus the new path setting was ignored. Using the Move Up button, I moved my new path settings for Python and Python\Scripts up to the top of the list and problem solved!

[@ramarisonandry8571]

Well-explained...Thanks

[@GezahegnWeldu]

Thank you so much; as a new Python beginner, it took me an entire day to figure this out. Would you please do another tutorial on how to deal with this issue on Linux?

[@pythontycon6172]

Perfect explanation, thanks

[@trueKorvus]

Ah, me learning DOS as a kid has finally come to a head. My first day using python. I get it now. I understand. This is cool.

[@adrianstarly1]

Wait. I'm really interested in knowing why are Maxwell's Equations on the board.

[@zetlam]

These look like Heavyside electromagnetism equations. I think the ones from Maxwell were about 17 different ones. :p

[@adrianstarly1]

Miguel José I think you are right, however the four most famous partial differential equations are the ones that we all refer to as "Maxwell Equations"

[@alejandroramos9319]

Didn't you listen? It is beacuse he is a physicist, and a physicist will always tell you his profession. pd: a physic's student

[@jl1267]

One of Maxwell's equations actually has an application in computer graphics in relation to rotation of discrete objects. As in; if a thing is rotating, it takes /time/ for it to rotate. This in turn is related to quantum mechanics and the observer effect, that you have to observe this discrete object and measure it, to know how much it has rotated. Another random math fact... The formula for finding power factor follows Pythagoras' formula.

[@sirinkat2623]

They are beautiful...