🐍 Python Programming#

This chapter contains beyond the basic Python tips, tricks, and best practices.

Mamba#

If you use Anaconda, you’ll love Mamba!

  • Are you frustrated with Conda install perpetually “Solving environment”?

  • Have you lost the best years of your youth waiting for Conda install to download everything and install that one annoying library?

Mamba is for you!

  • Fast! Parallel downloading of package files

  • Fast! Written in C++

  • Fast dependency solver!

  • Exact drop-in replacement for Conda. Install Mamba and replace “conda” with “mamba” in every Conda command.

  • Did I mention fast? How fast? Mamba can complete its tasks in ~33% of the time Conda requires! Speed benchmark: https://pythonspeed.com/articles/faster-conda-install/

  • Open source!

🌟 Install Mamba from Mambaforge: https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge#mambaforge

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