A full stack micro-service using Ember, Falcon, and Mongo

The Python Falcon backend uses pyenv to manage language version and project dependencies.

Install pyenv and pyenv-virtualenv with Homebrew:

$ brew install pyenv
$ brew install pyenv-virtualenv

Connect pyenv to your shell environment. I use Oh My Zsh so I add these lines near the end of ~/.zshrc:

export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

Restart your shell.

Complete install instructions: pyenv, pyenv-virtualenv

First, ensure our mac is up to date. We need various xcode command line tools, like zlib. XCode is frequently updated, so if you already have these installed, you may have to acknowledge the license agreement for the latest version.

$ xcode-select --install

Install the python version:

$ pyenv install 3.6.2

Create the virtualenv

$ pyenv virtualenv 3.6.2 ember-falcon-mongo-3.6.2

NOTE: you may have to restart your shell to pick up changes here as well.

Verify everything works:

~/code/makara ᐅ cd ember-falcon-mongo
(ember-falcon-mongo-3.6.2) ~/code/makara/ember-falcon-mongo (master ✘)✹✭ ᐅ
(ember-falcon-mongo-3.6.2) ~/code/makara/ember-falcon-mongo (master ✘)✹✭ ᐅ python --version
Python 3.6.2

When you enter the project directory, you should see the virturalenv show as the first item in your command prompt and python --version should show 3.6.2.