developer-tools 0.0.4

Useful tools for Python developers

developer-tools
===========

Useful tools for Python developers.

This is mostly an example to show how `autopip <https://pypi.org/project/autopip/>`_ can be used to install a group of
apps with various version specifications, but the author does install it as it conveniently provides all the tools
useful for doing Python software development.

To install::

autopip install developer-tools

Which should output something like the following -- line 3 is the interesting part::

Installing developer-tools to /home/mzheng/.apps/developer-tools/0.0.3
Auto-update enabled via cron service
This app has defined "autopip" entry points to install: ansible==2.5.4.* ansible-hostmanager twine==1.* workspace-tools
Installing ansible to /home/mzheng/.apps/ansible/2.5.4
Auto-update enabled via cron service
Updating script symlinks in /home/mzheng/.apps/bin
+ ansible
+ ansible-config
+ ansible-connection
+ ansible-console
+ ansible-doc
+ ansible-galaxy
+ ansible-inventory
+ ansible-playbook
+ ansible-pull
+ ansible-vault
Installing ansible-hostmanager to /home/mzheng/.apps/ansible-hostmanager/0.2.3
Auto-update enabled via cron service
Updating script symlinks in /home/mzheng/.apps/bin
+ ah
Installing twine to /home/mzheng/.apps/twine/1.11.0
Auto-update enabled via cron service
Updating script symlinks in /home/mzheng/.apps/bin
+ twine
Installing workspace-tools to /home/mzheng/.apps/workspace-tools/3.2.4
Auto-update enabled via cron service
Updating script symlinks in /home/mzheng/.apps/bin
+ wst

How does it work? You can tell `autopip` to install other apps by setting an `autopip` entry point group in
``setup.py`` with the list of apps and versions. Versions can be pinned to major or a specific version, or use `latest`
to install the latest version. Take a look at the `autopip` entry point group in `developer-tools' setup.py
<https://github.com/maxzheng/developer-tools/blob/master/setup.py#L27>`_

For security and user experience, it is recommended to pin to a specific version -- at least minor -- for apps that you
don't own. For apps that you own where you have good versioning in the app, then `latest` works better.