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Why do I need WSL (Windows Subsystem on Linux) to run Python?

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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29203785/What-is-Python's-normal-environment-Not-Windows.html

If I can run Python anywhere....why can I just run it on Windows...just like .Net? Why do I need WSL and Ubuntu?

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Camillia

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>>If you're doing this for work, they might care how you do it,

Yes, this is for work. I think that's why my manager asked me to install WSL.

Thanks for the other info. I will download Spyder as well. I have VSCode now.

Norie

Camillia

Is what you are going to do in Python going to be used in production?

Camillia

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Yes. It's for work projects in python. Production.

I'm a .net developer but learning python because all code bases are in python except for some .net stuff that I maintain.

David Favor

Tip: If you're working with Python, use Linux. Preferably something like Ubuntu Focal (latest LTS), for easiest install/work.

Python will work under WSL + even natively on Windows.

For both WSL + Windows, you'll constantly be debugging oddball problems which simply don't exist on a normal Linux Distro like Ubuntu.

Note: WSL produces far less of these problems. With Windows, because of the massive Kernel differences, you'll invest a good bit of time trying to figure out why some code you downloaded fails in many ways on Windows.

Camillia

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Thanks, Dave. I setup VirtualBox and Ubuntu. I also got PyCharm. Got a Python instructor on "preplay" and he said the same; use VirtualBox plus Ubuntu (Linux)