Reproducible Software Environments

Earlier this month I gave a talk at the IceCube collaboration meeting in Atlanta covering the basics of setting up reproducible environments for Python software development. This has been a hot topic within the collaboration as we strive to increase the transparency and reproducibilty of analysis processes and results.

During the talk I addressed:

• pip and the Python package landscape
• virtual environments in Python 2 and 3
• virtualenvwrapper
• using virtual environments with distributed computing
• conda environments
• how to determine the right package manager for you

Additional Resources

• Jake VanderPlas on Conda Myths: https://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2016/08/25/conda-myths-and-misconceptions/