Ready to Publish Your Python Packages?

Are you interested in sharing your Python project with the broader world? Would you like to make it easily installable using pip? How do you create Python packages that share your code in a scalable and maintainable way? This week on the show, Real Python author and former guest Dane Hillard returns to talk about his new book, “Publishing Python Packages.”

Dane shares his research into creating Python packages. We talk about the tools, techniques, and potential pitfalls of publishing your packages. Dane also discusses his experiences unraveling projects and determining dependencies.

We also talk about Dane’s recent conference talk at PyGotham titled “Keeping code safe and modern with semantic searches.” He shares some security tools and practices.

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Topics:

00:00:00 – Introduction

00:01:57 – PyGotham Talk: Keeping code safe and modern with semantic searches

00:06:24 – What was the driving reason for starting Publishing Pyhton Packages?

00:08:54 – What is CookieCutter?

00:11:53 – The book as a research project

00:15:20 – Sponsor: CData Software

00:16:01 – What is a package?

00:18:56 – What is a published package?

00:25:37 – What other experiences made you want to write this book?

00:28:05 – Where to start?

00:33:26 – Balance of examples and explanation

00:40:49 – Cohesion and studying the relationships between sections of code

00:46:19 – Documentation and tools like Sphinx

00:50:18 – Video Course Spotlight

00:51:30 – What were you most excited to share in the book?

00:54:06 – Additional resources for packaging

00:57:17 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?

00:57:53 – What do you want to learn next?

00:59:30 – Shout outs and plugs

01:00:28 – Thanks and goodbye

Show Links:

About Dane Hillard

Publishing Python Packages - Manning Early Access Program (MEAP)

Episode 49: The Challenges of Developing Into a Python Professional

Keeping code safe and modern with semantic searches - Dane Hillard

Semgrep: Static analysis at ludicrous speed

SonarSource: Code Quality & Code Security

Snyk: Find and automatically fix vulnerabilities in your code

CookieCutter: Better Project Templates

Obsidian: A powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files

The Python Package Index (PyPI): A repository of software for the Python programming language

PIP: The package installer for Python

Graphviz -Open source graph visualization software

cibuildwheel - Builds and tests your wheels across all of your platforms

Sphinx: A tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation

Documenting Python Code: A Complete Guide - Real Python Article

Python Packaging User Guide - Python Packaging Authority

How to Publish an Open-Source Python Package to PyPI - Real Python Article

What Are Python Wheels and Why Should You Care? - Real Python Article

PEP 517 – A build-system independent format for source trees

PEP 518 – Specifying Minimum Build System Requirements for Python Projects

PEP 440 – Version Identification and Dependency Specification

Episode 29: Resolving Package Dependencies With the New Version of Pip

Episode 80: Make Your Python App Interactive With a Text User Interface (TUI) - With Will McGugan

Webpack - Module Federation

PyGotham 2021

Publishing Python Packages - Manning Early Access Program (MEAP)

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