[Eric] A naive question about the last mile to the goal.

[Steve Barnes]

If you are using py2exe (windows only), pyinstaller, cxfreeze, etc. to bundle your python code into an independent entity then it is easy enough in most IDEs, including EricIDE, and even some editors to add invocation of your bundling process to the External Tools (most IDEs have such a thing  by one name or another).

Of course for a lot of python a package is released into the wild (hopefully following testing) performing a sequence of version control actions, (e.g. commit followed by tag then release on GitHub the first 2 of which again most decent IDEs can do via their VCS integration), and the last I have yet to see an IDE for any language perform. Python does have the option of releasing direct to PyPi which can be scripted so could be added to the External Tools menu.

Finally there is, of course, the option of using a CI/CD workflow to automate the build, test, package, release workflow but again for just about any language this is external to the IDEs and python actually has more tools to assist with this than most languages.

To sum up - don’t blame Eric, nor Python, for the lack of a final step blame the lack of knowledge of how to deploy python packages & programmes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric <eric-bounces at riverbankcomputing.com> On Behalf Of Alan Gregory
> Sent: 26 January 2019 00:34
> To: eric at riverbankcomputing.com
> Subject: Re: [Eric] A naive question about the last mile to the goal.
> 
> Which IDE have you used that can do that with Python? I haven't seen one.
> 
> On 26/1/19 2:28 am, Studio - PM wrote:
> > *All the (many...) IDEs I knew & used before Eric, all the (even
> > more...) programming languages I knew & used before Python had, as an
> > obvious final developing action, that of generating an autonomous s/w
> > tool capable of autonomous execution, capable of an autonomous
> > life(*); as with any form of life after conception and birth.*
> > *
> > *
> >
> > *All, but Eric. An advanced, rich, powerful, sophisticated Developing
> > Environment, but incredibly (to me) lacking in the most obvious of the
> > final conclusive feature, that of providing the last mile path to the
> > goal. *
> >
> >
> > *At first, and even now, I was so puzzled by this fact that I didn't
> > dare to clearly express my surprise and ask explanation, clarification.
> > I dare it now, now that I discontinued working in that field. *
> >
> > *Just for retrospective curiosity's sake. *
> >
> > *Thank you. *
> >
> > *- P.M. *
> >
> > *- - - - -=- - - - -=*
> >
> > *(*) I mean, all not-pure Basic-like interpreter, for which no
> > autonomous execution life is conceived, and for which the development
> > & execution environment are precisely the same thing. By design. *
> >
> >
> >
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