Tutorial Presentation at PyCon'2015. April 9, 2015. Montreal.

David Beazley (@dabeaz), http://www.dabeaz.com

This tutorial assumes the use of Python 3.4 or newer. Certain examples in sections 8 and 9 require the use of Python 3.5.

The official website for this tutorial is http://www.dabeaz.com/modulepackage/index.html

basic_package/ : A very simple package consisting of multiple files.

package_assembly/ : An example of assembling a package from submodules by exporting symbols in __init__.py files.

decorator_assembly/: Assemble a package from submodules using a special @export decortor.

main_wrapper : An example of writing a module that wraps around a script using the -m option.

No code samples for this part.

namespace_package : A simple namespace package example.

telly : A package that uses namespace packages to allow for user-extensible submodules.

mini_import : A minimalistic implementation of the import statement.

subpackage_cycle : A package where submodules import each other in a cycle.

import_patch : An example of patching the builtin __import__() function.

reload_instances : A class that detects reloading and updates instances.

reload_func : A context manager that allows reloadable functions to be declared.

trial_import : A module that tests for another module with import

check_import : A module that tests for another module using module specs.

lazy_import : A module that only executes when accessed for the first time.

watcher : A simple import hook.

autoinstall : An import hook that automatically installs missing modules.

redisimport : An import hook that loads modules from Redis.

webhook : An import hook that allows URLs to be placed on sys.path.