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Martin Wong's avatar

Love the analogy! Often, data science tutorials just mention virtual environments in passing but understanding them is crucial.

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Adriana Vanegas's avatar

Thanks so much Martin! That’s part of the reason I was intimated at first πŸ˜…

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Jim Amos's avatar

The toggle in VS definitely makes it easier. Just doing it in terminal can be confusing. So many times I have installed packages into the wrong env because I forgot to switch to the right one first πŸ™ƒ

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Andres Vourakis's avatar

Beautifully explained Adriana!

It's one of those topics that seem scary at first but even if daunting, shouldn't be ignored because of how useful it is in practice.

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lastly then's avatar

πŸ˜€. Something I can relate with. You write really well. It felt like a conversation as I read this.

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Adriana Vanegas's avatar

Thank you so much for saying that, it means a lot to me! And glad I’m not the only one who has struggled with this πŸ˜…

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Ali Osman's avatar

Amazing piece of work. Well explained! Keep it up.

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