On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Eike Welk <eike.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hello Alan! > > On Sunday August 8 2010 10:10:20 Alan Gauld wrote: >> Yes thats a good point. Most books (including mine) focus on how to >> write code. Very few tell you how to distrubute it! And that's not >> just >> in Python, most programming books are the same. >> >> Interesting. >> >> Alan G. > > Yes, I want to endorse that! > > Distributing your software is IMHO a worthy subject for any Python website or > book. Especially because there is this idea, that all important components for > software development are included in Python.
Four words... Software is python's propaganda. > > With Distutils, EasyInstall (*.egg), and Python Package Index there really > exist an integrated build system with installer, a package manager, and a > networked software repository. > > Additionally with Virtualenv or Buildout one can build encapsulated > environments for testing or deployment, without fear for conflicting library > versions. > > Someone however needs to find out how these components fit together, and then > write a nice introduction on the subject. > > > Eike. > > > Links to the mentioned projects for reference: > > Distutils: http://docs.python.org/distutils/ > EasyInstall: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute > Virtualenv: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv > Buildout: http://www.buildout.org/ > Python Package Index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
