Package And Distribute Python Applications
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Iva E. Popova, 2018,
To "freeze" or to "package"?
To "freeze" or to "package"?
- Packaging your code is for distributing libraries or tools to other developers.
- Freezing the code is creating a single-file executable file to distribute to end-users, that contains all of your application code as well as the Python interpreter.
Distributing your Python App/Libs
Distributing your Python App/Libs
the pip way: requirements.txt
- Requirements files are files containing a list of items to be installed using pip install
- Tools:
- pip-tools - A set of tools to keep your pinned Python dependencies fresh.
the pipenv way: Pipfile && Pipfile.lock
- Managing a requirements.txt file can be problematic, so Pipenv uses Pipfile and Pipfile.lock to separate abstract dependency declarations from the last tested combination
- github.com/pypa/pipfile
- Using Pipfile for fun and profit by Matt Layman
pipfile
- Pipfiles contain information about the dependencies of your project, and supercede the requirements.txt
pipfile.lock
- The package name and its version, as well as the list of its dependencies, can be frozen by updating the Pipfile.lock
pipenv lockLive demo
Creating a single-file executables
Creating a single-file executables
Overview
- Freezing Your Code @The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python
using pyInstaller to create Windows executable and Linux packages
Creating Built Distributions
Creating Built Distributions
Overview
- Creating Built Distributions @python docs
Resources
Resources
Video
YouTube: Glenn Ramsey: Packaging a Python desktop application using PyInstaller
- Packaging and distributing projects @packaging.python.org
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Package And Distribute Python Applications