A cookiecutter template for Python packages.

• Cookiecutter
• Setuptools

pip install setuptools cookiecutter

1. Generate Your Package

   cookiecutter gh:nogoodusername/cookiecutter-pypackage-template
   

   You will asked to fill in below details:

   author_name: Main Author of the library (Used in setup.py, LICENSE, README.md)
   author_email: Contact email of the author (Used in setup.py, LICENSE, README.md)
   package_name: Name of the python package. Please only enter a qualified python package name. (Used in setup.py, README.md)
   package_version: Release version (Used in setup.cfg)
   package_description: One line description of the library (Used in README and setup.py)
   package_url: Git Repo URL of the library.

2. Add a Git Repo

   Create a new repo for package_name in Github or your preferred Git repository hosting site.

   You will find a folder named [package_name]. Move into the folder, and setup your git repo there.

   cd [package_name]
   git init .
   git add .
   git commit -m "Initial commit"
   git remote add origin git@[your-package-repo]
   git push -u origin master
   

3. Install Dev Requirements

   Install Dev Requirements using pip

    pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
   

4. Add your package code and start developing

   You are good to go, you can add your to the package and start developing.

This template uses bump2version- Pre-configured version bumping with a single command

Please read Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 before bumping versions.

Changelogs are maintained using Keep a Changelog format.

This template does not include a publish mechanism. Implement your own publishing mechanism and update the Makefile:deploy function.

https://github.com/nogoodusername/py-useless-package/