How to Publish an Open-Source Python Package to PyPI

How to Publish Your Own Python Package to PyPI

Joe Tatusko 10 Lessons 29m
best-practices intermediate tools

Learn how to create a Python package for your project and how to publish it to PyPI, the Python Package Repository with this step-by-step course. Quickly get up to speed on everything from naming your package to configuring it using setup.py.

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How to Publish Your Own Python Package to PyPI

10 Lessons 29m

1. PyPI Overview & Sample Project Setup 02:12

2. Setting Up a New Python Package 04:11

3. Preparing Your Package for Publication on PyPI 04:01

4. Documenting Your Python Package 01:15

5. Python Package Versioning Best Practices 03:51

6. Including Other Files in Your Python Package 01:46

7. Building Your Python Package 01:47

8. Testing Your Python Package 05:25

9. Uploading Your Python Package to PyPI 02:25

10. Other Useful Python Packaging Tools 02:55

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About Joe Tatusko

Joe is a manufacturing engineer turned Pythonista with interests in data wrangling and visualization.

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historicode97 on Jan. 21, 2022

Great tutorial on publishing to PyPi!

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