Topic 16. Packaging and distributing Python applications, generic types, and static code analysis

Goal: learn to build and verify a local wheel, apply generic types and static analysis, and build an application together with its required resources.

Lecture contents

1. Packages, distributions, and pyproject.toml — Import packages and distributions · Project structure and pyproject.toml · Example 1. A library and a console entry point
2. Versions, builds, and distribution — Versions, dependencies, and reproducibility · Building and clean installation · Package registries and executable applications
3. Generic types and protocols — Example 2. Generic collections · Example 3. A repository as a structural contract
4. Static analysis and releases — More precise annotations and the limits of static checking · Example 4. Pre-release checks · Automation and the final check

Practice and review

• Practice — 3 worked examples with complete code and output
• Tasks — 30 variants, each with tasks at three difficulty levels
• Summary — conclusions and self-check questions