Cookiecutter PyPackage

Cookiecutter template for a Python package.

Features

• Testing setup with pytest
• Measuring code coverage with pytest-cov
• Tox testing
• isort and prettier pre-commit hooks for formatting
• Flake8 and MyPy pre-commit hooks for linting
• Auto-release to PyPI when you push a new tag to master
• Simple Django app for testing purposes (optional)

Quickstart

Install the latest Cookiecutter

pip install -U cookiecutter

Install pre-commit framework

pip install -U pre-commit

Install Tox and Twine (optionally)

sudo apt-get -y install tox twine

Generate a Python package project:

cookiecutter https://github.com/dldevinc/cookiecutter-pypackage.git

Then:

• Create a virtual environment.

python3 -m venv --prompt="env" .venv

• Install the requirements into a virtualenv

pip install -r requirements.txt

• Write some code.
• Install pre-commit hooks (optionally):

pre-commit install

• ... or run formatters and linters manualy:

pre-commit run -a

• Test your code:

tox -s

• Analyze code coverage:

pytest --cov

• Create a GitHub repo.
• Register your project with PyPI.

python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
twine upload --skip-existing dist/*

• Create a new PyPI API token and save it as GitHub repository secret named PYPI_PASSWORD.
• Release your package by pushing a new tag to master.