PIP is a tool used to install Python packages and it is a replacement for Easy Install. In additional to allowing you to install packages from the Python Package Index, it also allows you to install packages from public and private git, subversion and mercurial repositories. PIP makes is simple to manage Python packages.
Virtualenv allows you to create virtual environments so you can protect your global Python installation while still having environments set up specifically for the application or project you’re working on. Install packages and configure the environment as you wish and it will be sandboxed and not affect your global Python installation.
In this 17 minute video, Greg Aker shows you how to use both to create a flexible Python development environment.
This video assumes you are comfortable on the command line and have some familiarity with Python development.
This video is 17 minutes of Python awesomeness.
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Greg is a freelance web developer and a systems engineer at Arcustech. A Python and PHP developer, Greg is a former core contributor to ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter. He blogs about nerdy things at gregaker.net and tweets about nerdy things and KU Basketball at @gaker.
"Greg Aker is one of the brightest rising stars in the Python community. These screencasts are exemplary of that."Kenny Meyers
