Anaconda and VS Code
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Having problems accessing Anaconda from VS Code (Python: Select Interpreter)?
Tips & Tricks
2023
Python Paths
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Often when working in science/research we are rapidly developing and modifying code (and maybe not following the very best practices for coding). In these instances we may not be writing, developing, or installing Python modules which can be accessed by the Python interpreter. Rather we may have a directory with set of scripts, functions, or classes. In Python in order to access these without installing a module we need to add the file path of our directory to the Python path. This can be easily acomplished using the sys module.
Python Environments
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Environments in Anaconda and Python allow you to create a named and isolated copy of Python. Within these environments you can work with specefic versions of Python and packages without affecting your base installation. These enviroments make it easy to:
Spyder GUI scaling
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Experiencing weird scaling issues with Spyder?
Reloading a module
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Ever been actively editing a module while also using it? IPython (and JUPYTER) have some automagic to help with this.
Faster conda solver
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Have you found your Anaconda enviroments stalling when trying to install new packages via conda?