PyPI, the Python package index, provides a JSON API for information about its packages. This is essentially a machine-readable source of the same kind of data you can access while browsing the website. For example, as a human, I can head to the numpy project page in my browser, click around and see...
The piwheels project provides pre-compiled Python packages for Raspberry Pi users, saving them considerable time and effort. I wrote about piwheels a little over a year ago - I remember Red Hatter Jeff Mackanic telling me at ATO 2018 how impressed he was with the project. Back then, piwheels was...
One of the great things about the Python programming language is PyPI - the Python Package Index, where third-party libraries are hosted, available for anyone to install to gain access to pre-existing functionality without starting from scratch. These libraries are handy utilities written by...
The title may have given away the article contents, but feel free to read on pretending you don’t know the ending. Background: I work for the Raspberry Pi Foundation and I do a lot of Python stuff on Raspberry Pi. I presented this project recently in a lightning talk at EuroPython. Motivation:...