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Python · Junior · Theory

Why do you need virtual environments in Python, and how do you manage a project's dependencies?

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The interviewer wants to see whether you understand why a project's dependencies need to be isolated, and whether you can make the install reproducible: describe the dependencies in a file, pin the versions and keep the environment out of the repository.

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