using mamba, minimal installer of conda in linux/osX/windows, to mana…

…ge virtual envirohments (#59)

README.rst

@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ Whilst every effort has been made to automate tasks where possible, it is up to
 How to use
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-1. Install `Cookiecutter`_
+1. Install `Cookiecutter`_ using virtual environments in `mambaforce`_
 
 ::
 
-  pip install cookiecutter
+  mamba create -n ssptVE python=3.8 pip -c conda-forge
+  mamba activate ssptVE
+  pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 
 2. Run `Cookiecutter`_ with the URL of this template
@@ -242,3 +244,4 @@ Supported by `Wellcome`_ and `EPSRC`_.
 .. _`Cookiecutter`: https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io
 .. _`WEISSLab`: https://weisslab.cs.ucl.ac.uk/
 .. _`ReadTheDocs`: https://readthedocs.org/
+.. _`mambaforce`: https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge#install

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Author: {{ cookiecutter.full_name }}
 
 {{ cookiecutter.project_name }} is part of the `SciKit-Surgery`_ software project, developed at the `Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences`_, part of `University College London (UCL)`_.
 
-{{ cookiecutter.project_name }} is tested on Python 3.7 but should support other modern Python versions.
+{{ cookiecutter.project_name }} is tested on Python 3.8 but should support other modern Python versions.
 
 {{ cookiecutter.project_name }} is currently a demo project, which will add/multiply two numbers. Example usage:
 
@@ -49,12 +49,22 @@ You can clone the repository using the following command:
     git clone {{ cookiecutter.project_url }}
 
 
+Create virtual environment
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can create a mamba virtual environment using
+
+::
+
+    mamba create -n {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}VE python=3.8 pip -c conda-forge
+    mamba activate {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}VE
+    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+
 Running tests
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Pytest is used for running unit tests:
 ::
 
-    pip install pytest
     python -m pytest
 
 
@@ -65,7 +75,6 @@ This code conforms to the PEP8 standard. Pylint can be used to analyse the code:
 
 ::
 
-    pip install pylint
     pylint --rcfile=tests/pylintrc {{cookiecutter.pkg_name}}
 
 
@@ -114,5 +123,4 @@ Supported by `Wellcome`_ and `EPSRC`_.
 .. _`Wellcome`: https://wellcome.ac.uk/
 .. _`EPSRC`: https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/
 .. _`contributing guidelines`: {{ cookiecutter.project_url }}/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst
-.. _`license file`: {{ cookiecutter.project_url }}/blob/master/LICENSE
-
+.. _`license file`: {{ cookiecutter.project_url }}/blob/master/LICENSE