I’m still new to learning Python. I have Python 3.9 on Windows 10. I have not learned yet how to make modules. I’m making a custom module crutil.py which has many functions that I will use in many programs. My crutil.py will be used by many programs in many directories. So it should not go in the s…

Why are you using the very old python 3.9? Using 3.12, or 3.11, would be better. As for where you put your library modules, I would not recommend using PYTHONHOME as that is controlled by the python installation. You could create your own folder for your python modules and add it to PYTHONPATH. Th…

[image] Barry Scott: Why are you using the very old python 3.9? Using 3.12, or 3.11, would be better. The tutorial I’m doing is using 3.9. And I found some things the author did which did not work in 3.12. So I’m keeping it to 3.9 for the duration of the tutorial I’m doing.

[image] Chuck R.: Where is the proper place to put crutil.py? There are many possible “proper places”. My recommendation is to create a virtual environment (you can use the same one for each of the “many programs” that will use crutil.py), and use Pip to do an editable install of crutil.py …

[image] Chuck R.: I don’t need to install it via pip. It will not be released to the public. Even if you don’t make it public, it can still be convenient to turn your script into an installable package. Doing so has many advantages: Easy to access and use from other programs. Integrates wel…

[image] Karl Knechtel: changes that you make to the original crutil.py will therefore be automatically reflected the next time the code is imported Thanks for the detailed explanation. Your writing style really helps me learn. My brain just “clicks” with your style. I will give your instruct…

[image] Chuck R.: I don’t use the python shell much, I run my program from a Windows cmd window. Just to clarify, if my program ends, and I’m not in the python shell, that is the same as python ending. I.e. when I run my program again, the crutils.py cache is updated again with the latest versio…

Discussions on Python.org

Where to place custom module?

Python Help

help

show post in topic

Home
Categories
Guidelines
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy

Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled