When:
Monday, October 20, 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
Where: 1800 Sherman Avenue, 8th floor, Boardroom, Evanston, IL 60201 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
CIERA Computing
ciera-computing@northwestern.edu
Group: CIERA - Software Tutorials
Category: Training
Have you ever installed a new Python package and found that another project suddenly stopped working? Or that your code runs fine on your laptop but not on Quest? In this session, we will learn how to prevent those issues by using virtual environments effectively.
We will cover:
Why virtual environments matter and what problems they solve
How to create, activate, and share them (venv, conda & mamba)
Using environments on Quest
Best practices for reproducibility and collaboration