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'''Buildout''' is a "system for managing development buildouts",
according to its [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout home page].
While often identified as a ["Zope"] project, and indeed licensed
under the ["ZPL"] by Zope creator ["Jim Fulton"], '''buildout'''
is useful for configurations beyond Zope, and even, in rare cases,
a few that have nothing to do with ["Python"]. The home page
above includes extensive documentation, examples, and more.
'''[[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout|Buildout]]''' is a "system for managing development buildouts".
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At one level, buildout (still referred to as "zc.buildout"
    on occasion) manages ["egg"]s.
While often identified as a [[Zope]] project, and indeed licensed under the [[ZPL]] by Zope creator [[Jim Fulton]], '''buildout''' is useful for configurations beyond Zope, and even, in rare cases, a few that have nothing to do with [[Python]]. The home page includes extensive documentation, examples, and more.
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[explain relation to easy_install and eggs; '''workingenv.py'''
and '''virtualenv.py'''; explain usage]
At one level, buildout (still referred to as "zc.buildout" on occasion) manages [[egg]]s.

[explain relation to easy_install and eggs; '''workingenv.py''' and '''virtualenv.py'''; explain usage]
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 * ["Martin Aspelli"]'s book on ["Plone"] 3, which includes a good reference on '''buildout''';
 * the Zope 3 Wiki includes a [http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/UsingBuildout useful page] on the subject;
 * Fulton wrote a [http://grok.zope.org/minitutorials/buildout.html tutorial]
 * [[Martin Aspelli]]'s book on [[Plone]] 3, which includes a good reference on '''buildout''';
 * the Zope 3 Wiki includes a [[http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/UsingBuildout|useful page]] on the subject;
 * Jim wrote a [[http://grok.zope.org/minitutorials/buildout.html|tutorial]];
 * [[/pycon2008 tutorial|Tutorial class for PyCon 2008]]

A proposal is being floated to create a more professional site for buildout. At a first step, let's [[/newsite notes|collect notes]] on what such a site would contain.

Buildout is a "system for managing development buildouts".

While often identified as a Zope project, and indeed licensed under the ZPL by Zope creator Jim Fulton, buildout is useful for configurations beyond Zope, and even, in rare cases, a few that have nothing to do with Python. The home page includes extensive documentation, examples, and more.

At one level, buildout (still referred to as "zc.buildout" on occasion) manages eggs.

[explain relation to easy_install and eggs; workingenv.py and virtualenv.py; explain usage]

Other treatments of buildout include:

A proposal is being floated to create a more professional site for buildout. At a first step, let's collect notes on what such a site would contain.

buildout (last edited 2014-04-14 03:18:10 by DaleAthanasias)

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