How to organize a Python Project?

Question

I\'m new to Python and I\'m starting a mini Project, but I have some doubts on how to organize the folders in the \"Python Way\".

I\'m using PyDev in my

Answer 1

From a file system perspective, a module is a file ending with .py and a package is a folder containing modules and (nested) packages again. Python recognizes a folder as a package if it contains a __init__.py file.

A file structure like that

some/
    __init__.py
    foofoo.py
    thing/
        __init__.py
        barbar.py

defines the package some, which has a module foofoo and a nested package thing, which again has a module barbar. However, when using packages and modules, you don't really distinguish these two types:

import some

some.dothis() # dothis is defined in 'some/__init__.py'

import some.foofoo # <- module
import some.thing # <- package

Please follow PEP8 when selecting naming your packages/modules (i.e. use lower-case names).