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

[@gilesmcmullen]

Get my two python courses for just $10 here bit.ly/2JuehGa . Use discount code CF903251D5

[@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...

[@Stadiyana18]

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

[@TrendToKnow]

😂😂😂

[@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!

[@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

[@toukka4]

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[@xaphon_683]

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

[@WillGuesdon]

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

[@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

[@svhb1000]

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

[@tj9382]

Incredibly perplexing

[@mikemikel1629]

Made it so much more interesting :)

[@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

[@harpreetgaur1]

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

[@albertgarcialopez6351]

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

[@holdingpen1551]

Heyyy Love from India 🇮🇳 If you happen to come to India or need a break from your routine, I will be glad to host you.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@wtpollard]

Virtual environments are, indeed, important to use when you're doing Python development. But, they are not part of "installing python" - they're part of using python. This strikes me as clickbait.

[@LeSageHere]

FINALLY! Someone called it what it is. I was hoping this guy would give me idea/hint to help optimise serverless scripts. But meh

[@Tomifella]

I assume you're an experienced python programmer. I don't see it as a clickbait. It is an important part of beginner training which most trainers omit. I find this video useful

[@FredMny]

Well, he said to watch it before installing Python... I understand your point, but as a beginner I think it is a valid point to be presented right from the beginning.

[@vingcon]

@@LeSageHere this was a very helpfull hint and helped me to avoid wasting even more time with some broken python projects!

[@thefuecisla]

I think you are wrong sir, because if you install Python with Anaconda it installs it under a general folder -not named after the Python version- which as a newbie makes things more complicated if you are to prepare for the futureand need to work with different Python versions. In my opinion paying attention to the folder you install Python in and naming it with the version number is a very wide decision. That only from the installation point of view. If then you add all the advice regarding virtual environment this video is GOLDEN.

[@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.

[@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

[@meekallamer5583]

gunna be fit

[@pasuplateonishant4908]

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

[@n19ence]

I am simply buying every instructional this man makes.... "fantastic clarity"

[@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!

[@SteveH-TN]

Appreciate you sharing this video and your thoughts. Your insights are fantastic. I’m a retired Software/ systems Engineer & amateur radio operator; life long learner. De AA4SH

[@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!

[@anantharamaniyer9135]

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

[@Maisonier]

I'm still confused about CUDA, Pytorch and other stuff that is a mess... When you start using virtual environments.

[@shellyshell22]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@edwardmacnab354]

VENV hopefully doesn't require virtualization enabled because that's only available in windows 10 pro not home. Also at 3:15 you say "once you're done , launch the set up application " . Say what ? Do I type a particular key ? Mumble "launch" to Cortana ? How is this "launch" process activated ?

[@tejasjayanand8531]

double click on the downloaded application

[@samanthalee7109]

HI everyone, I would like to check that when I typed my path at 8:10, there was an error showing "No module named my_env". May I know how to fix this issue? I googled it but Im still confused with the explanation.

[@adamkamarwan]

same problem

[@exelrode]

When I followed these steps in the video and run the "python -- " command on VS code terminal, it says python is not found but on doing the same thing on windows cmd , it is showing the python version . Any idea why is that?

[@JonathanTash]

7:55 I don't know what the hell that's supposed to do, but it doesn't work for me. It just says the directory doesn't exist. I'm using Python version 3.10.7 so I tried: "c:\User\Jonathan Tash\pyver\py310\python" -m venv my_env It just says the what I typed isn't recognized as an internal or external command.

[@Beatsbasteln]

i wish i could try what you're doing there myself but my ukulele is not even tuned correctly atm

[@nicoquibilan3589]

Hi Newbie here! I keep getting this error whenever I try to create a path to my_env folder 'c:\Users\Name' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Can anyone please tell me how to fix this? Would really help a lot thank you!

[@amtulnoor721]

I have the same problem, have you figured out how to fix it?

[@sadhlife]

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

[@stevensmith6376]

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

[@DZX5000]

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

[@GreenCrepper007]

My Command Prompt just shows me when I try to do the command from 06:53 : "The command "(command)" is either misspelled or could not be found." What should I do?

[@JeffKempster]

This may be obvious to most, but can you comment on this virtual environment and where you would store your actual python code files. Would it be in this "pyproj" folder or a subfolder. Would you just add git to this folder that has the python code files? And last can you talk about how you would update python to the next version with this approach? Thanks so much great video.

[@dentn462]

EXACTLY he helped abit bit he is not being specific about it which makes it extremely confusing

[@groomy88]

Thanks for this. The ukulele segment was exceptional lol

[@khloeluong755]

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

[@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...

[@DaveChurchill]

I LOVE this VIDEO. PLEASE CONSIDER using CHAPTERS in the TIMELINE

[@parthrajauria6520]

Glad you are back. ❤️❤️

[@gilesmcmullen]

Thanks very much! Me too!

[@parthrajauria6520]

I guess you lost some kilograms

[@fghsdfklgsnfdg]

Do you save your project files corresponding to 'my_env' in 'pyproj\my_env', 'pyproj' or 'pyproj\my_env\Scripts'?

[@NeilRieck]

Where is the best place to learn Maxwell's equations?

[@justingoldstein1577]

I've hesitated to use virtual environments Till now because... ignorance, But I never knew it was so simple Thank You

[@tiesto213]

Thanks for your instruction but when typing my username after User\ it doesn't recognize my username as it is a username with a space in it. The command: >C:\Users\John Doe\pyver\py3.11.4\python -m venv my_env returns 'C:\Users\John' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. what should i do to fix this?

[@jiyann-tu2xj]

Hello! I experienced the same issue with you and don't know what to do now, have you managed to solve it?😅

[@themysteriousunknownrevealed]

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

[@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

[@badi_music]

Thank you so much. You saved me lot of troubles and troubleshooting.

[@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!

[@john_colter]

Thank you for demystifying this subject. What a relief!

[@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.

[@duelist1998]

Hi, how do I activate the created virtual environment in Visual Studio Code? my_env\Scripts\activate did not work in VSC's Terminal.

[@upcom1ng116]

You need to nevigate to directory that has script file. If it's easier just use windows explorer to locate the scripts file.

[@duelist1998]

[3 months later] Apparantly, my VSC uses Window Powershell, and PowerShell Execution Policy prevents me from activating the venv activate program. Here is what I solved: I ran Powershell with Administration right, then change the Execution Policy to RemoteSigned.

[@davidlean9983]

Very useful. Would suggest that python was created by a group that was not focused on "It just works". But rather the group that prescribes to the nothing that keyboard is king & if you can't jump thru all the loops I've created, you shouldn't be doing computing. Still, it is a useful, if not slow, language.

[@reddycr4386]

'i am getting this tree' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

[@alechewitt2347]

This literally happened to me, so glad I saw this

[@wagnernoise]

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

[@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.

[@RyanJohnson]

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

[@walterpeters3327]

....think about you have to work on system provided by your employer, software packages were created to be installed by push portal, all setup settings preset, and you do not have any admin rights at all....

[@straycatdesign]

DUDE! Subbing because of the ukulele lesson!!! Python tut is great too btw!

[@gilesmcmullen]

Thank you!

[@SylvStone]

Wondering at 04:30 what about installing it on an (entirely) new pc, installing python for the first time. Do I still skip ticking to add it to PATH??

[@vinayakkrishnaprasad358]

you are my favorite youtube channel.

[@heisenberg5973]

how do I fix users is not recognized as an internal or external command on Windows? I'm at 8:03

[@markchadwick77]

Have you looked at using Powershell instead of cmd?

[@nadinerucker1356]

I had to set up a new computer, which gave me PTSD, and I procrastinated on it for weeks now. I knew your video saved me last time AND it still works. Phew! Thank you!!

[@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!

[@marceloherdy2379]

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

[@zakzak24]

how to avoid venv bloat ? cause each time you set up a venv you have 0 packages, meaning you'd need to reinstall them every time. e.g. for the sake of demonstration let's say if you install matplotlib you'll get conflicts on project 1. - poject 1 (already has numpy) - project 2 needs numpy and matplotlib now to avoid conflicts you'd need to create a new venv which won't have numpy installed so you'll need to reinstall it and that's how you'd end up with 2 numpy packages

[@adamkeel7728]

If you use a code editor instead of the command prompt do you still need to use virtual environments?

[@gytisatmanavicius689]

I would suggest to download and learn to use conda or miniconda, way more straightforward and easier to use, and accomplishes the same task and more. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@EricSouzarys]

On Linux there is a tool called "asdf" that can handle with different versions of any interpreter so we can have multiple Python on machine, It's an amazing tool that can save us a lot of time. Another tool to handle virtualenvs and our dependencies it's Python Poetry, it's really helpful and easy to use.

[@jxthursday]

On Linux I would recommend a combination of pyenv (to manage Python versions (never used asdf, but it sounds like it's something similar as pyenv)) and, like Eric said, Poetry (to manage virtualenvs and dependencies of a project). And NEVER mess around with the default Python of your Linux distro, ever. I learned that the hard way :-)

[@EricSouzarys]

@@jxthursday Yeah, but asdf can manage others runtimes as Nodejs, erlang, Java etc. I hardly recommend a quick search

[@jolarplays]

mine keeps saying this can you help me, it gives me this error C:\Users\Jose Avellaneda\pyproj>c:\Users\Jose Avellaneda\pyver\py383\python -m venv my_env 'c:\Users\Jose' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Users\Jose Avellaneda\pyproj>tree my_env Folder PATH listing Volume serial number is 000000E2 D6BC:DA14 C:\USERS\JOSE AVELLANEDA\PYPROJ\MY_ENV Invalid path - \USERS\JOSE AVELLANEDA\PYPROJ\MY_ENV No subfolders exist where is the mistake ? please help

[@trueking8117]

did all this and got my pips i need how do i aculy write out the code i want to test and craft?

[@MrJakson112]

Is it just for coolnesspoints, that you absolutely refuse to use the file explorer?

[@GrassWarlock1]

lmao

[@Bumabiod]

Did not work for me at all...kept getting the "c: \users\user_name\ is not recognized an internal or external command. Why's that?

[@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

[@datdonpapooo4584]

Creating the environment didn't work for some reason. It says "the system cannot find the specified path" and when I look in the dir it says "volume in drive C has no label" if anyone could help me

[@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.

[@Digital-Light]

im new in programing help me please, how to setup pycharm to make it work properly with this setup? we installed numpy by folowing the video but my pycharm don't see that

[@cajunstrat]

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

[@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.

[@LeonVanDyk]

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

[@franchinyama241]

Welcome back-- missed the videos

[@MySUHIT]

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

[@mikewhite4617]

At 8 minutes 8 seconds , I'm stuck there I have an error is that a letter c soon after Giles. I had an error and I don't know what to do now

[@siddharthvivek2278]

You can also use PyCharm IDE for your projects, as it creates a venv on its own whenever you creare a new project :)

[@SrGnomo-uy2uj]

I'm using pycharm and trying to import ursina engine, I install it via CMD but when I try import ursina and run the program on PyCharm it doesn't find ursina.

[@siddharthvivek2278]

@@SrGnomo-uy2uj make sure you're in the proper directory for your project, or just use the pycharm integrated terminal

[@SrGnomo-uy2uj]

@@siddharthvivek2278 What would be the proper directory ? Installing a engine install it for all the computer or just a specific directory ? I'm kinda newbie sorry :)

[@siddharthvivek2278]

@@SrGnomo-uy2uj you will have to navigate to the directory your project files are stored in and pip install ursina there. Each project's resources (libraries etc) will be isolated if you use a venv, so it will have to be done in the same folder as your other project files. (Again, click on the terminal option in the bottom menu bar and type in pip install ursina there) Also, don't worry about it, everyone has to learn sometime :D

[@SrGnomo-uy2uj]

@@siddharthvivek2278 Thanks :) very helpful.

[@alexsanaei2931]

Hey i've done everything as you showed but when i type "python" it launches the microsoft store with python app to be downloader

[@icognitorinsewashcheeto6022]

How would this virtual environment path be detected in vscode it can't find Python when I try

[@UnionVision]

I followed everything however it comes back with the system cannot find the path specified, I have had the same error come up in the standard installation also can you tell me how to fix this, as I would like to have this installed properly before I go ahead with the course. thankyou

[@panostzo2713]

from 6:48 and forwords I didn't understand a thing. Also i haven't got any experience with cmd so the "cd *something*" command I suspect makes you enter somewhere but how do you exit and stuff?

[@agritech802]

Thanks for this, can you still keep running in the virtual environment when it goes live or is it just for testing?

[@jimtuv]

It's funny, the first thing I thought when I started watching this was: I wonder why he has Maxwell's equations on that white board? I have them on my white board just above this monitor that I am watching this on. I loved the video! I wish someone would have told me this sooner. Thank you!

[@_squishyy9333]

I followed every step and installed a module, but when i ran python shell through the terminal and imported the module it said module not found. someone please help im losing my mind trying to make a simple hobby project.

[@steveareno581]

Windows ENV unable to set path for my .py programs on a different partition. On Linux, it was easy to type a path to my .py programs on a different drive. Not so on windows on the same drive but different partition. While in ENV, I get error "no python found." Please advise. Thank you.

[@afonsosalbrecht]

for me it doesn't work! even though i activate the virtual env (I see the name of the virtual env at the beginning of the command line), as soon as I install any package, python refereces the global pip and not the pip of this virtualenv.

[@tcratius1748]

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