How do I organize my Python application code?

[Ken Starks]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Dudeja, Rajat wrote:
> 
>> And my problem is that I don't have an understanding of how the code in
>> Python is generally organized, in case my code spans multiple files,
>> modules, etc. I've been using C/C++ althrough my life on Linux and
>> Visaul Studio, so the way their code is organized in a group of header
>> files, source files, etc, I'm looking for a similar way in Python way or
>> an approach to organize my python GUI application code? 
> 
> A Python program consists of a script file (the py file you run to start 
> the program), and usually one or more additional module files (py files 
> that you import).  The latter can be organized in packages, where 
> appropriate.   There's also a search path (sys.path) that you can modify 
> in various ways (including from within the program) if you want to fetch 
> modules from different locations.
> 
> That's all there is; there's no header files or declaration files or 
> explicitly maintained object files etc; the program itself is just a 
> bunch of Python files.
> 
> To learn more about this, the "modules" section in the tutorial is a 
> good start:
> 
>     http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html
> 
> Looking at the structure of a few existing projects might also be helpful.
> 
> </F>
> 

I would simply add that if your python script produces one or
more output files (for example a text or graphic file) you
might want to have an 'output' directory in your project.

Some people use a 'src' directory, but that is not nearly as
neccessary as in a complied language.

In Eclipse, if you do produce output files, make them
auto-refresh.