How to organize a Python Project?

Question

I\'m new to Python and I\'m starting a mini Project, but I have some doubts on how to organize the folders in the \"Python Way\".

I\'m using PyDev in my

Answer 1

You might want to check out the modern-package-template libary. It provides a way to setup a really nice basic layout for a project that walks you through a few questions and tries to help you get something that's able to be distributed fairly easily.

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/modern-package-template

Answer 2

See python-package-template

Directory structure

    .
    |-- bin
    |   `-- my_program
    |-- docs
    |   `-- doc.txt
    |-- my_program
    |   |-- data
    |   |   `-- some_data.html
    |   |-- __init__.py
    |   |-- submodule
    |   |   `-- __init__.py
    |   |-- helpers.py
    |-- tests
    |   |-- __init__.py
    |   |-- test_helpers.py
    |-- Makefile
    |-- CHANGES.txt
    |-- LICENSE.txt
    |-- README.md
    |-- requirements-dev.txt
    |-- requirements.txt
    `-- setup.py

cat Makefile

    PYTHON=`which python`
    NAME=`python setup.py --name`


    all: check test source deb

    init:
        pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors

    dist: source deb

    source:
        $(PYTHON) setup.py sdist

    deb:
        $(PYTHON) setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command bdist_deb

    rpm:
        $(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_rpm --post-install=rpm/postinstall --pre-uninstall=rpm/preuninstall

    test:
        unit2 discover -s tests -t .
        python -mpytest weasyprint

    check:
        find . -name \*.py | grep -v "^test_" | xargs pylint --errors-only --reports=n
        # pep8
        # pyntch
        # pyflakes
        # pychecker
        # pymetrics

    clean:
        $(PYTHON) setup.py clean
        rm -rf build/ MANIFEST dist build my_program.egg-info deb_dist
        find . -name '*.pyc' -delete