mpl-pymanage 0.1.0

A CLI for managing Python projects.

mpl_pymanage

A command line interface (CLI) for managing Python projects.

Create new Python projects with ready-to-go recommended project structure.

Add important files to existing projects like setup.py, .gitignore, Sphinx documentation, choose a license and more.

Run test suites, analyze test coverage and deploy to PyPi.

Even mpl_pymanage is managed using mpl_pymanage... so meta.

Installation

pip install --upgrade mpl_pymanage

Documentation

The full documentation can be found here.

Usage

Creating a new project

mpl_pymanage create -n myproject

creates a complete Python project structure inside the current working directory:

myproject
├── docs
│   ├── Makefile
│   ├── conf.py
│   ├── index.rst
│   ├── make.bat
│   └── requirements.txt
├── myproject
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── main.py
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── setup.py
├── .gitignore
└── tests
    └── test_main.py

including sample source, tests, documentation, setup.py, local git repository and a suitable .gitignore file.

After creation, the project is already installed in development (editable) mode, so you can start coding right away.

Adding stuff to an existing project

Sometimes you have an existing project, but initially you did not choose a license, or your .gitignore is missing. You can add those special files with the mpl_pymanage add command.

Add a project documentation folder

mpl_pymanage add docs

makes a ./docs folder and sets up a Sphinx-based documentation in Read-The-Docs-style:

Call mpl_pymanage add --help for more information.

Add a license

mpl_pymanage add license

where you have the choice between standard license texts like MIT, GPLv3, Apache, ...

Add a .gitignore file

mpl_pymanage add gitignore

The created .gitignore contains all usual patterns that should typically be ignored by git in Python projects.

Add a setup.py file

mpl_pymanage add setup.py 

Add github actions

Add a standard github action which automatically runs build and tests on the github CI/CD systems whenever you push a commit:

mpl_pymanage add github-action

Run stuff

Run tests

mpl_pymanage run tests

Analyze test coverage

mpl_pymanage run coverage

Re-Build docs and show it browser

mpl_pymanage run docs

Run PEP8 style analyzer

mpl_pymanage run flake8

Deploy your project

To PyPi

mpl_pymanage deploy pypi

After that anyone in the world can install your package using pip.

As a prerequisite for deployment, you need an account at PyPi.

To Github, Gitlab, etc.

Create an empty repository at the platform of your choice, like github, and deploy your local project repository there, e.g.:

mpl_pymanage deploy repo

After that your local repo is in sync the remote one.

A note for Windows users

Depending on your environment settings, you may have to use mpl_pymanage by prepending python -m or py -m like in

python -m mpl_pymanage create

Contributing

mpl_pymanage is open source and every one is welcome to contribute! Please read the contribution guide if you are interested.

Requirements

mpl_pymanage requires Python 3. All Python dependencies are installed automatically. However, you need to have git installed.