published 0.1.0

Python library that serves as an example/template for a package publishing guide.

Python library that serves as an example/template for a package publishing guide.

Purpose

This library is an illustration of the various tasks and components involved in the process of publishing a small open-source Python package on PyPI, including establishment of linting standards, implementation of unit tests, measurement of coverage, and basic continuous integration.

Package Installation and Usage

The package is available on PyPI:

python -m pip install published

The library can be imported in the usual ways:

import published
from published import published

Testing and Conventions

All unit tests are executed and their coverage is measured when using nose (see setup.cfg for configution details):

nosetests

Alternatively, the unit tests that are included in the module itself can be executed using doctest:

python published/published.py -v

Style conventions are enforced using Pylint:

pylint published

Contributions

In order to contribute to the source code, open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub page for this library.

Versioning

The version number format for this library and the changes to the library associated with version number increments conform with Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.