Python Zip Imports: Distribute Modules and Packages Quickly
Python allows you to import code from ZIP files directly through Zip imports. This interesting built-in feature enables you to zip Python code for distribution purposes. Zip imports also help if you often work with Python code that comes in ZIP files. In either case, learning to create importable ZIP files and to import code from them will be a valuable skill.
Even if your day-to-day workflow doesn’t involve ZIP files containing Python code, you’ll still learn some fun and interesting new skills by exploring Zip imports through this tutorial.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn:
- What Zip imports are
- When to use Zip imports in your code
- How to create importable ZIP files with
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