Cookiecutter PyPackage

Cookiecutter template for a Python package.

• GitHub repo: https://github.com/swarmer/cookiecutter-pypackage-medium/
• Free software: BSD license

Features

• Testing setup with unittest and python setup.py test or py.test
• Tox testing: Setup to easily test for different python versions
• Sphinx docs: Documentation ready for generation with, for example, ReadTheDocs

Quickstart

Install the latest Cookiecutter if you haven't installed it yet (this requires Cookiecutter 1.4.0 or higher):

pip install -U cookiecutter

Generate a Python package project:

cookiecutter https://github.com/swarmer/cookiecutter-pypackage-medium.git

Then:

• Create a repo and put it there.
• Install the dev requirements into a virtualenv. (pip install -r requirements_dev.txt)
• Install the project into your environment. (pip install -e .)
• Register your project with PyPI.
• Add the repo to your ReadTheDocs account + turn on the ReadTheDocs service hook.
• Add a requirements.txt file that specifies the packages you will need for your project and their versions. For more info see the pip docs for requirements files.

Acknowledgements

Based on https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage