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diff --git a/docs/quick_tutorial/package.rst b/docs/quick_tutorial/package.rst index 54a6a0bd9..6a379032e 100644 --- a/docs/quick_tutorial/package.rst +++ b/docs/quick_tutorial/package.rst @@ -14,39 +14,34 @@ namespaced unit called a :ref:`package <python:tut-packages>`. If a directory is on ``sys.path`` and has a special file named ``__init__.py``, it is treated as a Python package. -Packages can be bundled up, made available for installation, -and installed through a (muddled, but improving) toolchain oriented -around a ``setup.py`` file for a -`setuptools project <http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html>`_. -Explaining it all in this -tutorial will induce madness. For this tutorial, this is all you need to -know: +Packages can be bundled up, made available for installation, and installed +through a toolchain oriented around a ``setup.py`` file. For this tutorial, +this is all you need to know: -- We will have a directory for each tutorial step as a setuptools *project* +- We will have a directory for each tutorial step as a *project*. -- This project will contain a ``setup.py`` which injects the features - of the setuptool's project machinery into the directory +- This project will contain a ``setup.py`` which injects the features of the + project machinery into the directory. - In this project we will make a ``tutorial`` subdirectory into a Python - *package* using an ``__init__.py`` Python module file + *package* using an ``__init__.py`` Python module file. -- We will run ``python setup.py develop`` to install our project in - development mode +- We will run ``pip install -e .`` to install our project in development mode. In summary: -- You'll do your development in a Python *package* +- You'll do your development in a Python *package*. -- That package will be part of a setuptools *project* +- That package will be part of a *project*. Objectives ========== -- Make a Python "package" directory with an ``__init__.py`` +- Make a Python "package" directory with an ``__init__.py``. -- Get a minimum Python "project" in place by making a ``setup.py`` +- Get a minimum Python "project" in place by making a ``setup.py``. -- Install our ``tutorial`` project in development mode +- Install our ``tutorial`` project in development mode. Steps ===== @@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ Steps .. code-block:: bash - $ $VENV/bin/python setup.py develop + $ $VENV/bin/pip install -e . $ mkdir tutorial #. Enter the following into ``package/tutorial/__init__.py``: @@ -107,5 +102,6 @@ of an odd duck. We would never do this unless we were writing a tutorial that tries to capture how this stuff works a step at a time. It's generally a bad idea to run a Python module inside a package directly as a script. -.. seealso:: :ref:`Python Packages <python:tut-packages>`, - `setuptools Entry Points <http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/pkg_resources.html#entry-points>`_ +.. seealso:: :ref:`Python Packages <python:tut-packages>` and `Working in + "Development Mode" + <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/distributing/#working-in-development-mode>`_. |