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 Python

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Licence and history of Python.

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  http://docs.python.org/dev/license.htm

Byte compile .py and check for errors.

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  $ python -m compileall $dir

Install python modules/packages.

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  http://wiki.python.org/moin/CheeseShopTutorial

                Installing Distributions from the Python Package Index (Start Here)

Uninstall python modules.

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Install again and save list of installed files::

  $ python setup.py install --record files.txt

  $ rm `cat files.txt`

  http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#uninstalling-packages

                Uninstalling Packages

Generate documentation from Python sources.

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Generate documentation from Python sources by pydoc.

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  $ mkdir html

  $ cd html

  $ pydoc -w ../

Generate documentation from Python sources by epydoc.

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Generate documentation from Python sources by Sphinx.

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  $ sudo apt-get install python-sphinx

  $ sudo apt-get install rst2pdf

Code analyzers and style checkers.

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Pylint.

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  http://www.logilab.org/857

  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint

PyChecker.

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  http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/

Debugging Python code.

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Pretty print under Python.

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  import pprint

  print(pprint.pformat('string'))

  print(pprint.pformat(['1', '2']))

See:

  http://docs.python.org/library/pprint.html

                Doc page.

Trace Python execution.

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  http://python-ptrace.hachoir.org/trac

                python-ptrace by Victor Stinner

  http://subterfugue.org/

                subterfugue