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Matt Bachmann
January 20, 2016
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Structuring Your Python Project
For people who know some Python and want to structure their first project
Matt Bachmann
January 20, 2016
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Transcript
Structuring Your Python Project Matt Bachmann
Agenda • Directory Structure • Isolating Your Environment • Installing
Dependencies • Packaging Your Project • Releasing to the World
Our Project • Display Current Weather > forcastio 42.3907 -71.1157
Currently: rain - Mixed precipitation tomorrow through Thursday, with temperatures falling to 41°F on Monday.
Project Structure
The Code
Style Checking Your Code
The Tests
Running Your Tests
License
Documentation
Documentation • All projects should have a readme ◦ Description
◦ Installation ◦ Usage • Moving Beyond Readme! ◦ Sphinx • Write docs in reStructuredText ◦ Renders in Github and PyPi. PyPi does not support Markdown
Specifying Dependencies and Isolating Your Project
Isolate Your Project • Install virtualenv > pip install virtualenv
• Create an isolated environment > virtualenv venv • Turn that environment on > source venv/bin/activate
Installing Dependencies Install a package pip install <package name> Upgrade
a package pip install -U <package name> Uninstall a package pip uninstall <package name> List Installed packages pip freeze Install packages from a file pip install -r <requirements file>
Installing Dependencies • requirements.txt requests==2.8.1 • test-requirements.txt coverage==4.0.3 flake8==2.5.0 mock==1.3.0
pyflakes==1.0.0 pytest==2.8.3
Deploying Your Project
Setup.py setup( name='displayforecastio', version='1.0', author='Matt Bachmann', url='https://github.com/Bachmann1234/displayforecastio', description='Display the current
weather in your terminal', license='Apache 2.0', packages=[‘displayforecastio'], install_requires=['requests==2.8.1'], entry_points={ 'console_scripts': ['forcastio = displayforecastio.app:run'], } )
What This Gives You • Install your project from project
root > pip install . • After installation you have a command! > forecastio 42.3907 -71.1157 • Share your project with the world
Pip Editable Installs • pip install -e <path to your
project> ◦ Installs a project by pointing to it ◦ Won’t work over pypi • Change your code, your installation reflects the changes • Super handy debugging tool • Fun way to explore other people’s projects!
Deploying Your Project To PyPI Step 1: Register for an
account
Deploying Your Project To PyPI Step 2: Create a .pypirc
in your home directory > cat .pypirc [server-login] username:Matt.Bachmann password:NotAChance
Deploying Your Project To PyPI Step 3: Register Your package
(from project root) > python setup.py register <Name>
Deploying Your Project To PyPI DONE!
Deploying Your Project To PyPI > pip install displayforecastio >
forecastio 42.3907 -71.1157 Currently: rain - Mixed precipitation tomorrow through Thursday, with temperatures falling to 42°F on Saturday.
Deploying Your Project To PyPI • Deploying Updates ◦ After
updating the version in setup.py > python setup.py sdist upload
References • Documentation ◦ https://readthedocs.org/ ◦ http://sphinx-doc.org/contents.html • Example Projects
◦ https://github.com/Bachmann1234/terminalweather ◦ https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject • Flake8 ◦ https://flake8.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ ◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M (Not about flake8 but an important lesson for anyone caring about style) • Folder Structure ◦ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex46.html • Licensing ◦ http://choosealicense.com/ • Pip ◦ http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/stable/user_guide/
References • PyPi ◦ https://pypi.python.org • reStructuredText ◦ http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ •
Setup.py ◦ https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/setupscript.html • Virtualenv ◦ http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/userguide.html