The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when.

Human-readable and machine-generated lock file will specify what direct and indirect dependencies should be installed into a Python environment.

Python is one of the most approachable languages to learn, thanks to its object-oriented-first approach and its minimal syntax. The standard library includes many useful modules that you can use to ...