Python packages, modules and releases

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Basic

• Python modules to split a python program for easier maintenance and code reuse.
• Creating a module and importing its content (note on import *)
• Package - a collection of python modules.
• Intra-package references (from ./.. import)
• Making a python package installable (pyproject.toml)
• Releasing python package on PyPI.

Advanced

• Executing modules as scripts (if __name__ == "__main__")
• Importing * from a package (use __all__).
• Setting up Python package dependencies
• Dependencies and optional dependencies of a Python package
• Python management tools: setuptools, flit, hatch, poetry.

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