It’s not recommended to use a remote endpoint (e.g., a remote git repository) for the source of your editable install. In other words, don’t do something like pip install -e git+https://github ...

Codified in PEP 582, Python allows a __pypackages__ directory to contain version-specific editions of packages that can be imported before packages from the base install of Python, or even a venv.

Other tools packaged inside a default Python install include the following: PiP, the Preferred Installer Program. Tkinter for GUI program development. The Python test suite. The py launcher to make it ...

Python libraries are pre-written collections of code designed to simplify programming by providing ready-made functions for specific tasks. They eliminate the need to write repetitive code and ...

From January to October last year, 1,493 malicious packages were uploaded to PyPI, and 6,977 malicious packages were uploaded to NPM. Last September, PyPI supply chain attacks escalated.