anitab-org / anitab-org/mentorship-backend
Replace virtualenv with pipenv package manager
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
The mentorship backend currently uses the **virtualenv** package manager. It track of installed packages with **requirements.txt** file. However a better option is available in form of **pipenv**.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
pipenv advantages
1. Instead of having to save dependency names using ```pip freeze > requirements.txt``` pipenv automatically documents installed dependencies to ```Pipfile```
2. Creates a dependency graph using ```Pipfile.lock``` file. This keeps track of complex inter dependencies between packages.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Other package managers like --venv. It comes by default with Python3 and is very similar to ```virtualenv```
**Additional context**
Shall make a PR soon
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