[Tutor] What is a Python "project"?

[Mike Hansen]

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> [mailto:tutor-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Dick Moores
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:52 AM
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> Subject: [Tutor] What is a Python "project"?
> 
> I tried out Wing IDE Personal 
> (<http://wingware.com/wingide-personal>) off and on for 30 days, and 
> then, finding it easy to use (probably because it's designed for 
> Python), decided to buy it. I'm happy with it, and very pleased with 
> the fast response from technical support available by email.
> 
> I've never written anything in Python other than single-file scripts. 
> WingIDE has the ability to handle "projects", which apparently 
> consist of files and "packages". But what is a project? What does a 
> project have that can't be put into a single .py file script?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dick Moores
> 
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When your apps start getting larger, you'll find that you want to put
common functions into modules that you can hopefully reuse for other
programs. 

http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html

I've been doing some web programming, so my "projects" consist of
cheetah template files, CSS, config files, a handful of python
modules...

I hope that helps.

Mike