Provide a "Create environment" command #160

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   From Brett Cannon (@brettcannon) on September 20, 2017 20:42

   So here is my thought of what a "create environment" command could do ...

   1. Choose an interpreter
      1. If one already selected, great!
      2. Otherwise prompt user to select an interpreter
   2. Anaconda
      1. Create environment: conda create –name $ENV –yes –file environment.yml
         • Should we match on *.yml and prompt to disambiguate?
      2. Create activated terminal
         • Windows: activate $ENV
         • UNIX: source activate $ENV
   3. Pip
      1. Create environment
         • Python < 3.3: virtualenv --python $PYTHON $ENV
         • Python >= 3.3: python3 –m venv $ENV
      2. Create activated terminal
         • PS
         • Cmd.exe
         • Bash
         • csh
         • fish
      3. Install dependencies
         1. If multiple matches for requirements.txt, prompt user to choose
         2. In activated terminal: pip install –upgrade –r $REQUIREMENTS
   4. Make the created environment the selected interpreter for the project

   IOW, simplify the following down to a command with at most 2 prompts (environment name and requirements/environment file):

   $ python3 –m venv env 
   $ source env/bin/activate 
   $ pip install –r requirements.txt 

   • End up with an activated terminal
   • Set the interpreter for the project set to the newly-created environment.

   Not sure if this is common enough to warrant implementing, though. Would this be useful in a teaching environment with heterogeneous OSs where people might mess up one of these steps? Or in that instance do we just say "use a shell script" if they are all on the same kind of system or "just explain what you're doing" when it's a mixed set of OSs?
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7. Brett Cannon (brettcannon)

   changed the title [-]Also run pip/conda as appropriate based on requirements.txt/environment.yml file existing in the workspace[/-] [+]Provide a "Create environment" command[/+] on Apr 5, 2018
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11. mcarans commented on Dec 17, 2018

    

    Mike (mcarans)

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    I suggest 2 additional features:

    1. If the user edits requirements.txt, then any added libraries or changed versions are installed
    2. An overview of installed libraries in the environment showing the installed version of each dependency and any newer version if available
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17. luabud commented on Nov 22, 2022

    

    Luciana Abud (luabud)

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    This has been released a couple of months ago: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-visual-studio-code-october-2022-release/#simplified-project-setup-with-new-create-environment-command
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