Customizing Interpreters and Virtual Environments
The last chapter focused on configuration options. Configuration options are designed to help you customize your working environment to fit the project and also allow for customization to fit your personal tastes. These options are one of the many reasons that PyCharm is a great tool. Another great feature that makes PyCharm useful is the customization of interpreters and virtual environments.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- The importance of working with virtual environments in Python
- How to create a virtual environment manually using
virtualenv - How to create a virtual environment using PyCharm
- How to work with an existing virtual environment in PyCharm
- How to add and remove third-party libraries using PyCharm
- How to import projects created outside PyCharm
- How to work with virtual environment settings within run configurations
At this point, many of you will have at least one...
