When you install Python packages into a given instance of Python, the default behavior is for the package’s files to be copied into the target installation. But sometimes you don’t want to ...

Python packages can be distributed as self-contained .whl files. Installing them is easy: pip install /path/to/file.whl. It’s also not hard to download wheels as files using pip.

There are several popular integrated development environments (IDEs) for Python, including PyCharm, Pyscripter, Emacs, Eric, and Spyder among others. A comprehensive list of Python IDEs can be found ...