Why do we need Virtual Environments?
 

Django projects depend on multiple programs to run.
The most obvious one is Django itself.
 

If you created a project in 2005,
it would have a version Django 0.9,
and it would run on python 2.3.


20 years later we create a project,
that could run on Django 5.2,
and with python 3.10.





For this reason we create virtual environments.
Each project has its own virtual environment.
Each virtual environment has its own dependencies.

Creating a Virtual Environment with Miniconda

1. Installing Miniconda: https://www.anaconda.com/download/success
    
2. Creating Virtual environments

   conda create -n jaimedcsilva python==3.10
   

   In this example, we create a Virtual Environment named jaimedcsilva that will have Python 3.10 installed.
   Note: You will be asked if you want to install additional packages. Choose yes as these packages will be useful in the future.
    
3. Activating the Virtual Environment  

   activate jaimedcsilva

   You know that the Virtual Environment is activated when it shows between parentheses in your directory: (jaimedcsilva) C:\Users\jaime>

Other useful Miniconda commands 

Deactivating a Virtual Environment

conda deactivate

Removing a Virtual Environment(permanently)

conda remove -n jaimedcsilva --all

Listing all the existent Virtual Environments

conda info --envs