Select Topics in Python: Packaging (Coursera)

To allow for a truly hands-on, self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images and runnable code examples with suggested edits to explore code examples further, building a deeper understanding by doing. You’ll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling code blocks) to slowly building features, resulting in large coding projects at the end of the course.
Course Learning Objectives:

• Use pip to venv to manage virtual environments and packages
• Use third-party package managers to manage virtual environments and packages
• Package Python scripts and applications for a wider audience

Course 1 of 4 in the Select Topics in Python Specialization.

What You Will Learn

• Manage packages and virtual environments with Python's built-in tools
• Manage packages and virtual environments with third-party tools
• Package Python scripts and applications for a wider audience

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Packaging in Python
Welcome to Week 1 of the Select Topics in Python: Packaging course. These assignments cover what is a Python package and how they relate to modules, creating your own package, importing and using third-party packages, and how to bundle your package into a wheel to be used by others. The module ends with a hands-on lab and graded coding exercises.

WEEK 2
Alternative Package Managers
Welcome to Week 2 of the Select Topics in Python: Packaging course. These assignments cover the Poetry and Conda package managers. You will learn how to create virtual environments, install and remove packages, create a requirements file, and bundle packages for use by a wider audience. The module ends with a hands-on lab and graded coding exercises.

WEEK 3
Packaging for Distribution
Welcome to Week 3 of the Select Topics in Python: Packaging course. These assignments cover packaging a Python project into something easily used by others. Learn how to take text-based and graphical projects and turn them into executable files, as well as bundle a Flask web app for hosting. The module ends with a hands-on lab and graded coding exercises.