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| For now, see the [[http://diveintopython3.org/packaging.html|packaging chapter]] of [[http://diveintopython3.org/|Dive Into Python 3]] has some useful information. | The topic of how to structure your project invokes lots of opinions. Generally speaking, the relatively agreed guidelines include: * if the project is a single source file, put it in the top level. * if you have tests, put them in a tests/ subdirectory (even if the project is a single source file), or if you have subdirectories and prefer to keep unit tests with code, put them there. * if you have an executable script to run your project, put it in a bin/ subdirectory, without the .py suffix even if it's a Python script * if you have many source files, create a subdirectory with the name of the project, and start populating there * include a doc/ directory (you have docs, right?) * create module directories as needed These guidelines are partly convention, partly because they align well with Python packaging tools. The Python tutorial shows an example of a more complex layout: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages There are many many other places that describe a layout, not all agreeing. Here are a couple: * [[https://www.cmi.ac.in/~madhavan/courses/prog2-2012/docs/diveintopython3/packaging.html|packaging chapter]] of [[https://www.cmi.ac.in/~madhavan/courses/prog2-2012/docs/diveintopython3/packaging.html#structure|Dive Into Python 3]] for some useful information. * https://realpython.com/python-application-layouts |
The topic of how to structure your project invokes lots of opinions. Generally speaking, the relatively agreed guidelines include:
- if the project is a single source file, put it in the top level.
- if you have tests, put them in a tests/ subdirectory (even if the project is a single source file), or if you have subdirectories and prefer to keep unit tests with code, put them there.
- if you have an executable script to run your project, put it in a bin/ subdirectory, without the .py suffix even if it's a Python script
- if you have many source files, create a subdirectory with the name of the project, and start populating there
- include a doc/ directory (you have docs, right?)
- create module directories as needed
These guidelines are partly convention, partly because they align well with Python packaging tools.
The Python tutorial shows an example of a more complex layout: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages
There are many many other places that describe a layout, not all agreeing. Here are a couple:
packaging chapter of Dive Into Python 3 for some useful information.