So far, we've worked with our own modules and those from Python's extensive Standard Library. But the true power of the Python ecosystem comes from the millions of third-party packages created by the community. To access this vast universe of code, you need a package manager. For Python, that tool is pip.
In the last article, we learned the basics of pip for installing and removing individual packages. While that's useful, real-world projects almost always depend on multiple external packages. Managing these dependencies is a critical skill for collaboration and for ensuring your project runs reliably on different machines.
Following our exploration of The Python Ecosystem installing Python and the package manager, pip.
Following our exploration of Core Concepts the Python Standard Library and the Python Package Index (PyPI).
We've learned how to install packages with pip and manage them with a requirements.txt file. This is a great workflow, but it has one major flaw: by default, pip installs packages globally.