Python Packaging

I'm trying to learn how to do Python packaging right. Here is a collection of relevant resources as I discover them.

Essays

• Better Package Management by nvie

  • http://nvie.com/posts/better-package-management/
  • I like this approach.

• A Better Pip Workflow™ by kennethreitz

  • https://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/a-better-pip-workflow
  • This approach is similar to nvie's above, but uses only pip.

Tools

• cookiecutter

  • "A command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates)."
  • http://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  • https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter

• pipsi

  • "install things like pygmentize without making your system painful."
  • https://github.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi

• pip-tools

  • https://github.com/nvie/pip-tools

• pipenv

  • https://github.com/kennethreitz/pipenv