Word of your application has spread throughout the ABQ corporation, and you've been asked to provide it for use at other facilities. Unfortunately, running and installing the application is not a very friendly process; you've been installing it through a tedious and error-prone copy-and-paste procedure, and users launch it from a batch or shell script you create by hand on each machine. You need to package your application in a professional way that makes it easy to install and run across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
- Creating Python source and wheel packages using setuptools
- Creating basic standalone binary and installer packages using cx_Freeze
- The specifics of creating binaries and installers for Microsoft Windows
- The specifics of creating binaries and installers for Apple...
