Intro

Poachplate is a script for generating python scripts. Really it just generates boilerplate content, such as:

• setup.py
• bin/script
• scriptlib/__init__.py
• test/test.py
• README
• LICENSE

Some of the content is just "FILL IN", but this can be fixed by setting the appropriate values in a ~/.config/poachplate.ini file, that looks like this:

[properties]
author : FILL IN
email : FILL IN
version : 0.1

Installation

Unpack the tarball and run:

python setup.py install

Invocation

Invoke the script like so:

poachplate FooBar

And it will create the following "Compromise Layout", where there is a script but the implementation goes in scriptlib/__init__.py (or where you want to put it). The idea is to have a script in the PATH that is executable (so people can run it), as well as a package in PYTHONPATH, so people can import/test/reuse the code.

Here's the layout:

FooBar/
  INSTALL
  LICENSE
  README
  MANIFEST.in
  setup.py
  bin/
    foobar # small wrapper
  foobarlib/
    __init__.py # put implementation here
    meta.py # version/author/email
  test/
    test.py

Todo

• Be verbose during creating, ie: creating "FooBar/"....
• Use templates in files for content
• Fix issues people have
• Add features people want
• Perhaps OT. Provide a library of common script functions.
• Implement non-manual tests ;)

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