Best Practices
Dependency Management
Managing Python project dependencies professionally
Interview: Project setup — all levels
Dependency Management
Dependency management ensures reproducible builds and secure environments. The modern Python ecosystem has several excellent tools.
Tool Comparison
- uv: Fastest — written in Rust, 10-100x faster than pip. Recommended for new projects.
- Poetry: Popular, mature. Handles packaging + dependency management.
- PDM: PEP 582 compliant, modern alternative to Poetry.
- pip-tools: Lightweight — just compiles and syncs requirements.