horta/pystart

Quick-start for Python packages.

pystart

Quickly create new Python packages with standard configuration files.

This package provides a command-line utility that asks simple questions in order to create a standard Python project from scratch. It is a handy way to start a new project with a clean structure!

Install

It can be installed from command-line using pip:

pip install pystart

Usage

From command-line, go to the folder you use to maintain your projects and enter

pystart

Done. It will asks the package name, author name, among other questions, to create the initial structure of your Python project.

Example

Animated GIF demonstrating the usage.

Authors

• Danilo Horta

Acknowledgements

• Readable Licenses for providing license templates in markdown format.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

pystart's Issues

pystart hanging

I've been trying to use pystart. I make a clean virtual environment, do pip install pystart, and then when I try to run pystart the program hangs:

david ~> vf new -p python3 pystart-env
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3
Using base prefix '/usr/local/Cellar/python/3.6.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6'
New python executable in /Users/david/.virtualenvs/pystart-env/bin/python3.6
Also creating executable in /Users/david/.virtualenvs/pystart-env/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
(pystart-env) david ~> pip install pystart
Collecting pystart
Collecting validate-email>=1.3 (from pystart)
Requirement already satisfied: pip>=9.0.1 in ./.virtualenvs/pystart-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from pystart) (10.0.1)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools>=38.4.0 in ./.virtualenvs/pystart-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from pystart) (39.2.0)
Collecting semantic-version>=2.6.0 (from pystart)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/28/be/3a7241d731ba89063780279a5433f5971c1cf41735b64a9f874b7c3ff995/semantic_version-2.6.0-py3-none-any.whl
Collecting inquirer>=2.2.0 (from pystart)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/b8/0b04f23f7870f96c81bdf9b9863c12985bec0f2738218bcfc67842be4ae8/inquirer-2.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting readchar==0.7 (from inquirer>=2.2.0->pystart)
Collecting blessings>=1.6 (from inquirer>=2.2.0->pystart)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2e/e8/3b7eae26b1ef0b79bfe07af1abd96586031c89b18066bd0efbb73be2f788/blessings-1.6.1-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: validate-email, semantic-version, readchar, blessings, inquirer, pystart
Successfully installed blessings-1.6.1 inquirer-2.2.0 pystart-0.1.10 readchar-0.7 semantic-version-2.6.0 validate-email-1.3
(pystart-env) david ~> pystart
[?] What's your package name: eggcellent

I'm using OS X 10.13.4, python 3.6.5.