I know many of you are just looking for some reference code to copy so I put that here at the top, but if you want to learn more, a detailed explanation can be found in the video above and in the text below. Environment Setup I use Python virtual environments for my PyQt development….
Why Not Just Use pip install? Yes, you could just use pip install usd-core and start doing Python development. It is so simple and easy but there are two HUGE drawbacks to doing that. 1. It doesn’t give you useful help() text What pip install usd-core gives you wasn’t built with the documentation included. That…
The full code can be found below as well as on GitHub.
What is a Python Virtual Environment? It is a directory on your computer you set up so you can install and use specific versions of Python packages for a project. Why use it? This is useful in several situations. Say you were working on two projects. One required NumPy 1.9 and another required NumPy 2.0….
The quick answer is that it creates a list of places to search. The resulting list is sys.path. For example: If you need to add a package so it can be found by Python, see How to Add a Package so Python Can Find it. The Three Parts of sys.path sys.path is made up of…