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Using package templates

Using project templates, like cookiecutter, makes it much faster and easier to begin writing a package. These templates create all of the basic files and structure your package needs.

In this exercise, you will use cookiecutter to create a new package as if you were restarting impyrial from scratch.

This exercise is part of the course

Developing Python Packages

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Exercise instructions

  • Use cookiecutter to create a blank Python package to restart impyrial. Use the template at https://github.com/audreyfeldroy/cookiecutter-pypackage.git.
  • Set the project_name and project_slug to impyrial.
  • Fill in the other options however you'd like.

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