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Modular Programming with Python

You're reading from   Modular Programming with Python Introducing modular techniques for building sophisticated programs using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884481
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Erik Westra Erik Westra
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Modular Programming 2. Writing Your First Modular Program FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Modules and Packages 4. Using Modules for Real-World Programming 5. Working with Module Patterns 6. Creating Reusable Modules 7. Advanced Module Techniques 8. Testing and Deploying Modules 9. Modular Programming as a Foundation for Good Programming Technique Index

Using pip to download and install modules and packages


In chapters 4 and 5 of this book, we used pip, the Python Package Manager, to install various libraries that we wanted to work with. As we learned in Chapter 7, Advanced Module Techniques, pip normally installs a package into Python's site-packages directory. Since this directory is listed in the module search path, your newly installed module or package can then be imported and used in your code.

Let's now use pip to install the test package we created in the previous section. Since we know that our package has been given the name <username>_test_package, where <username> is your GitHub username, you can install this package directly into your site-packages directory by typing the following command into a terminal or command-line window:

pip install <username>_test_package

Make sure you replace <username> with your GitHub username. Note that if you do not have permission to write to your Python installation's site...

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