Sorry Python but it is what it is.
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Sorry but nah. My last job we had a couple different python microservices. There was pipenv, venv, virtualenv, poetry, Pipfile.lock, requirements.txt (which is only the top level???), just pure madness
Apparently all this shit is needed because python wants to install shit globally by default? Are you kidding?
Well, we also had a couple node microservices. Here's how it went: npm install. Done.
Afraid you fucked something and want a clean environment? Here's how you do it with node: delete
node_modules/. Done.Want a clean python env? Uhhhhhhhh use docker I guess? Maybe try reinstalling Python using homebrew? (real actual answers from the python devs who set these up)
Well what's currently installed?
ls node_modules, or usenpm lsif you want to be fancy.In python land? Uhhhhhh
Let's update some dep--WHY AREN'T PYTHON PACKAGES USING SEMVER
So yeah, npm may do some stuff wrong, but it seems like it does way more shit right. Granted I didn't really put in the effort to figure out all this python shit, but the people who did still didn't have good answers. And npm is just straightforward and "works".
"But JS projects pull in SOOOO many dependencies" Oh boohoo, you have a 1TB SSD anyway.
None of that was needed. It was just used because nobody at your company enforced a single standard for developing your product.
rm -rf venv/. Done.
python -m venv venv
pip freeze. pip list if you want it formatted.
Janky, legacy python packages will have random versioning schemes. If a dependency you're using doesn't follow semver I would question why you're using it and seek out an actively maintained alternative.
Im honestly surprised someone using Python professionally appears to not know anything about how pip/venv work.
The points you think you are making here are just very clearly showing that you need to rtfm...
More like rtfms. I really didn't feel like learning 20 different tools for repos my team didn't touch very often.
I really don't see the hassle.. just pick one (e.g. pip/venv) and learn it in like half a day. It took college student me literally a couple hours to figure out how I could distribute a package to my peers that included compiled C++ code using pypi. The hardest part was figuring out how to cross compile the C++ lib. If you think it's that hard to understand I really don't know what to tell you..
Sure, for a new project. But when inheriting code I'm not in a position to pick.
The point is that the state of python package managers is a hot fucking mess compared to npm. Claiming that "npm is just as bad" (or worse) honestly seems ridiculous to me.
(And isn't pip/venv the one the
requirements.txtone? Completely flat, no way to discern the difference between direct dependencies and sub-dependencies? No hashes? Sucks when it's time for updating? Yeah no thanks, I'd like a proper lock file. Which is probably why there are a dozen other tools.)