Chapter 11. Python programs

This chapter covers

  • Creating a very basic program
  • Making a program directly executable on Linux/UNIX
  • Writing programs on macOS
  • Selecting execution options in Windows
  • Combining programs and modules
  • Distributing Python applications

Up until now, you’ve been using the Python interpreter mainly in interactive mode. For production use, you’ll want to create Python programs or scripts. Several of the sections in this chapter focus on command-line programs. If you come from a Linux/UNIX background, you may be familiar with scripts that can be started from a command line and given arguments and options that can be used to pass in information and possibly redirect their input and output. If you’re from a Windows or Mac ...

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