QA/Execution/Web Testing/Automation/Virtual Environments

Virtual environments are isolated Python environments. They allow freedom to install specific versions of dependencies without affecting the global site-packages. They also make it easy to throw away a 'broken' environment and start again. If you need further information regarding virtual environments, please see the virtualenvwrapper documentation.

Install virtualenvwrapper

1. Install virtualenvwrapper:
sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
2. Add the following to your ~/.bash_profile:
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Create a virtual environment for WebQA

   mkvirtualenv webqa

Switch to the WebQA virtual environment

   workon webqa