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I have an updated version of this on my blog here: https://chrisamico.com/blog/2023-01-14/python-setup/.

Python

This is my recommended Python setup, as of Fall 2022. The Python landscape can be a confusing mess of overlapping tools that sometimes don't work well together. This is an effort to standardize our approach and environments.

Tools and helpful links:

Python docs: https://docs.python.org/3/
Python Standard Library: - Start here when you're trying to solve a specific problem

	# See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.154.2/containers/python-3/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile

	# [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6
	ARG VARIANT="3"
	FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:0-${VARIANT}

	# [Option] Install Node.js
	ARG INSTALL_NODE="true"
	ARG NODE_VERSION="lts/*"
	RUN if [ "${INSTALL_NODE}" = "true" ]; then su vscode -c "umask 0002 && . /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION} 2>&1"; fi

	#!/bin/sh

	# This creates a GKE Cluster
	# - Will wait for any deletion to complete on a cluster with the same name before creating
	# - Will wait for completion before continuing
	# - If the script is run concurrently multiple times, only one cluster will be created, all instances will wait for availability
	# Requires GCP Cloud SDK
	# Installs retry https://github.com/kadwanev/retry

	export GKE_PROJECT=$1

	#!/bin/bash

	# BEGIN SANITY BOX------------------------------------------
	set -e # immediately exit if any command fails \|
	set -u # immediately fail on undefined variables \|
	set -o pipefail # show error of last failed command \|
	IFS=$'\n\t' # control what word splitting means \|
	# END SANITY BOX--------------------------------------------

	# delete

	# Python 3.5.2-slim

	import json
	from tornado.httpclient import HTTPClient

	response = HTTPClient().fetch("https://www.howsmyssl.com/a/check").body.decode()
	data = json.loads(response)
	tls_version = data["tls_version"]

	print(tls_version)" # TLS 1.2