Package or environment: What to recommend to new users?

[Eben60]

I once put this question in the announcement post of PackageMaker.jl, but didn’t get much feedback on this point. May I try another attempt, now in a separate topic?

@Eben60

… I prefer to start a (possibly throwaway) package right from the beginning instead of a project. This gives me the important advantage of having all functions, which I place into the project’s module, Revise-ed. I do not see any disadvantages of such a procedure as compared to a bare project. Are there any?

The reason: In the (coming) documentation for the PackageMaker.jl, I’d recommend DO NOT normally creating environments, even though it has checkbox for that, - but instead always start with local packages: Making a package right from the beginning (with PackageMaker.jl) has zero additional cost.

On the other side, all manuals I’ve seen (e.g. JuliaNotes, Modern Julia Workflows) first teach how to create environments (which is of course logical from didactic point of view if a package is considered as an extension of a project).

Thus, before I put a general recommendation, may I ask the same question again:

Are there any practical disadvantages of skipping the step of creating “package-less” environments?