Distributing applications

[Mitch Amiano]

I'm fairly new to python myself (with about 16 years of various 
languages); I found py2exe fairly straightforward to use.
The instructions are ok, but if you care to see it I took some notes and 
threw them into an article on my company site.

<http://home.agilemarkup.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=27>

Regards

- Mitch

Phillip Mills wrote:
> I've learned enough of the Python language to be mildly dangerous and 
> have used it in a few personal projects.  All my development of 
> commercial (or production) products over the past dozen years have been 
> done with C++ or Java.
> 
> For a program I'm planning -- to begin during the summer -- having an 
> interpreter as part of the application would be very desirable to allow 
> sophisticated users to provide their own extensions.  Java would be 
> do-able, but....
> 
> My problems are:
>   - I'd like the process of installing the application to be one step; 
> no "first download a Python interpreter then a GUI library" kind of 
> thing.
>   - I also need the core part of the application to be reasonably 
> protected.  I'm not looking to defeat hackers, but something equivalent 
> to the way Java's class files stored in jars stay where they're supposed 
> to be and aren't immediately readable.
> 
> I've looked at various web sites for this topic, but most I've found are 
> just arguments for using the Python language.  OK, I'll pretend I'm 
> convinced...now any comments or references on the mechanics of creating 
> a self-contained distribution?
>