Python Example CLi project

• Development
• Distribute
• Test

Development

• Ensure you have any version of Python greater than 2.5

• Install tox.

    pip install -U tox
  

• Create virtualenv

    tox -e dev
  

• Run example command

    eval "$(./.tox/dev/bin/register-python-argcomplete example)"  # setup shell completion
    ./.tox/dev/bin/example help
  

Distribute

Package as a single pex executable:

tox -e package

PEX_VERBOSE=1 ./dist/example            # test it out
mv dist/example /usr/local/bin/example  # move to usr/local/bin
scp ./dist/example ...                  # copy to remote machine, etc.

Test

Run tests

tox