The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when.

Do you have a Python application you want to give to the world, or at least your teammates? Here are six ways to package Python applications for distribution.

Python modules are typically installed using a package manager called 'pip', which launches a 'setup.py' file that is made available by the developer of the package for installation purposes.

Ubuntu is a free computer system, like Windows or macOS, but it’s built by a community. It’s great for programmers because it’s very flexible and has lots of tools already built-in that help you code.

In the spirit of openness, we use open-source software to read the ODF files, which in this case are Python and the OpenOffice.org package. If you are running a recent version of Linux or OS X, you ...

Packages Since the creation of python reading in files has become much easier with each update and with each added package. To work with csv and xlsx files the easiest package is the pandas package ...