component.py

Component.py is a python library that makes consuming small components from within your python application easy.

What is wrong with PyPI?

Lot's of things, which I can't be bothered to actually write out now so just imagine a list of compelling reasons and nod slowly and think to yourself "hmm, yep he is right".

We don't need another package manager!

I know, which is why component isn't a package manager - it works with whatever package manager you use (Bower, component(1)). The only condition is that your package manager installs all components into a single, flat directory (no nested dependencies):

components/
    a-component/
    another-component/
    a-dependency/

Usage

Defining a component

A python component is just a python package and thus has to have an __init__.py file.

Consuming a component

Technically you can just use regular python imports:

import my_component
from another_component import trevor

However I reccomend that instead you use component.require like so:

from component import require
my_component = require("my-component")

The reasons for this are:

• We want to be able to use hyphens in names (like how node modules work).
• In the future components will be able to export objects (which will not work with regular imports) e.g.:

qrcode = require("qrcode")
qrcode(url="http://www.danielchatfield.com")

import qrcode
qrcode.qrcode(url="http://www.danielchatfield.com")

To see more implementation details check out the WIP spec