What you'll learn

Python teams still juggle a patchwork of tools such as pip, venv, virtualenv, pip-tools, Poetry, and pipx and pay for it with slow installs, fragile environments, and inconsistent builds across machines. In this course, uv Foundations, you'll learn to streamline your Python workflow with uv, the fast, Rust-based package and project manager from Astral. First, you'll explore what uv is, why it was created, and how it compares to traditional Python tooling. Next, you'll discover how to install uv, create isolated environments, and manage project dependencies with commands like uv add, uv remove, and uv sync. Finally, you'll learn how to generate and use lockfiles for reproducible builds and how to scale uv to larger projects using workspaces. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of uv needed to adopt it confidently as your primary Python package and project manager.