apptools: application tools

Documentation: http://docs.enthought.com/apptools

Source Code: http://www.github.com/enthought/apptools

The apptools project includes a set of packages that Enthought has found useful in creating a number of applications. They implement functionality that is commonly needed by many applications

• apptools.io: Provides an abstraction for files and folders in a file system.
• apptools.logger: Convenience functions for creating logging handlers
• apptools.naming: Manages naming contexts, supporting non-string data types and scoped preferences
• apptools.persistence: Supports pickling the state of a Python object to a dictionary, which can then be flexibly applied in restoring the state of the object.
• apptools.preferences: Manages application preferences.
• apptools.selection: Manages the communication between providers and listener of selected items in an application.
• apptools.scripting: A framework for automatic recording of Python scripts.
• apptools.undo: Supports undoing and scripting application commands.

Prerequisites

All packages in apptools require:

• traits

Certain sub-packages within apptools have their own specific dependencies, which are optional for apptools overall.

The apptools.preferences package requires:

• configobj

The apptools.io.h5 package requires:

• numpy
• pandas
• tables

The apptools.persistence package requires:

• numpy

Many of the packages provide optional user interfaces using Pyface and Traitsui. In additon, many of the packages are designed to work with the Envisage plug-in system, althought most can be used independently:

• envisage
• pyface
• traitsui

Installation

To install with apptools.preferences dependencies:

$ pip install apptools[preferences]

To install with apptools.io.h5 dependencies:

$ pip install apptools[h5]

To install with apptools.persistence dependencies:

$ pip install apptools[persistence]

To install with additional test dependencies:

$ pip install apptools[test]