Examples for Python and Django from my blog.

There are two example sets; PythonSandBox and DjangoSandBox, please read the README.md for each project for additional setup and configuration information.

PythonSandBox has examples of Python and the standard library, DjangoSandBox has examples of Django.

I was using Python 3.4 as this was the latest version available on my Linux box by default. You might want to check which version is in your path:

$ which python

To install the required dependant libraries use the requirements.txt contained in both PythonSandBox and DjangoSandBox:

pip install -r requirements.txt

To generate a requirements file or to see what libraries you current python environment has you can run pip freeze:

pip freeze
pip freeze > requirements.txt

More information about PIP.

I personally use PyCharm which handles virtual environments automatically. There is a community version for free though the paid version is worth the money especially if you are going to work on Django.

Otherwise I would recommend Virtualenv which allows multiple isolate Python environments.

I would also recommend VirtualEnvWrapper which allows easier switching between virtual python environments.

With virtualenv:

pip install virtualenv
cd project_dir
virtualenv myvenv
$ source ~/.virtualenvs/myenv/bin/activate  

With virtualenvwrapper

$ pip install virtualenvwrapper
mkvirtualenv myenv
$ workon myenv                              

More information can be found here