Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016, Avraham Serour wrote: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/ Thanks, Avraham. Looks interesting. Rich

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-16 Thread Avraham Serour
https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/ On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2016, Avraham Serour wrote: > > you should also create a virtualenv for the project >> > > Avraham, > > OK. Please point me to some docs for this. > >

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016, Avraham Serour wrote: you should also create a virtualenv for the project Avraham, OK. Please point me to some docs for this. Regards, Rich

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Avraham Serour
you should also create a virtualenv for the project On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:07 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > > I'll have to learn how to get it to install in -3.5.2, too. >> > > Found the answer: pip3. > > Rich > -- You

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: I'll have to learn how to get it to install in -3.5.2, too. Found the answer: pip3. Rich

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Ari Davidow wrote: If you're doing a CRM app, many advantages to using Python 3 and not having to deal with 2's Unicode issues. Ari, This is for my use only. I've outgrown the tools I've been using for my consulting business and need to consolidate them in a single

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016, Nick Santos wrote: I'd recommend Python 3 at this point unless you encounter a good, specific reason to use Python 2. Nick, I'll take your advice. I have both -2.7.5 and -3.5.2 installed. Using pip to install django puts it in only the 2.7.5/site/packages/

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Ari Davidow
If you're doing a CRM app, many advantages to using Python 3 and not having to deal with 2's Unicode issues. Names do not respect a lack of Unicode, and you want people to be able to cut and paste and/or import names as people want to spell them. On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Rich Shepard

Re: Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Nick Santos
I'd recommend Python 3 at this point unless you encounter a good, specific reason to use Python 2. If you use the six module, it's really easy to write code that can be used for both versions without writing conditionals everywhere. If you then encounter something

Advice on python version for new project

2016-08-15 Thread Rich Shepard
The django web site suggests that new projects use python3 unless required dependencies are not yet available for that version. I've no idea what python dependencies I'll need for this job. What I want to do is convert an abandoned php application (last upgraded a decade ago) to django. The