Buildout

Buildout

Buildout

Add article description

Buildout is an open-source software build tool. Buildout is created using the Python programming language. It implements a principle of separation of configuration from the scripts that do the setting up. Buildout is primarily used to download and set up dependencies in Python eggs format of the software being developed or deployed. Recipes for build tasks in any environment can be created, and many are already available.

Quick Facts Developer(s), Stable release ...
This article is about the open source software build tool. For the North American word meaning "The growth, development, or expansion of something", see wikt:buildout.

Major features

  • Configuration files are INI format
  • Support for setuptools and eggs[2]
  • Plugin support through Buildout recipes[3]

Sample configuration

  [buildout]
  develop = .
  parts = test

  [test]
  recipe = zc.recipe.testrunner
  eggs = theegg

Notable applications

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Release 3.0.1". 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Zc.buildout: System for managing development buildouts".
  3. [3]
    "Buildout Recipes — Buildout v1.2.1 documentation". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. [4]
    "Managing projects with Buildout — Plone CMS: Open Source Content Management". Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Buildout, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.