This project template codifies LINCC-Framework's best practices for python code organization, testing, documentation, and automation. It is meant to help new python projects get started quickly, letting the user focus on writing code. The template takes care of the minutia of directory structures, tool configurations, and automated testing until the user is ready to take over. You can read more in the PPT research note.

Copier is required to use this template. Copier is an open source tool that hydrates projects from templates and natively supports updating projects as the original template matures. It's really neat!

Our template works best with Copier v9.1 and above. For all the information, see the detailed user guide in readthedocs

Choose where you would like to create your new project, and call copier with the template.

copier copy gh:lincc-frameworks/python-project-template <path/to/destination>
cd <path/to/destination>
# Create a virtual environment, feel free to use conda, pyenv or your favorite tool
python3 -mvenv ~/.virtualenvs/<env_name>
source ~/.virtualenvs/<env_name>/bin/activate
bash .initialize_new_project.sh

See full documentation at readthedocs

If you use Python Project Template in your work, we ask the you cite the "A Python Project Template for Healthy Scientific Software" research note full citation:

This project is supported by Schmidt Sciences.