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03-packaging-installing: Add tip about `pip install -e`
- Dominant language
- Python
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- 24
- Forks
- 14
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Description
The material in episode 2 could be improved by mentioning (maybe in a callout box) `pip install -e`, which allows the latest version of a module/package under active development to be imported and used without the need to re-install after every set of changes. (See line 351 of [the etherpad from CC@Home2020](https://pad.carpentries.org/cchome-python-package-publish).)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Locate the episode 2 material for 03-packaging-installing and review line 351 of the linked CC@Home2020 etherpad for context. Add a tip or callout explaining `pip install -e` and confirm that the lesson presents the command and its active-development use case clearly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100