Installing and configuring Falcon

Configuring the Python application development requires us to set up virtual environments. With the help of a virtual environment, we are going to maintain all required packages. As discussed in Chapter 6, Building a Django REST API with Zappa, the pipenv packing tool maintains all installed packages in a virtual environment and keeps track of versions and dependencies. Let's move on to set up the virtual environment using the pipenv tool.

Setting up the virtual environment

Before starting the actual implementation, we will set up the virtual environment using the pipenv tool. The following is the command to create a new virtual environment:

$ pipenv --python python3.6

Here, I explicitly...