Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

In the past, people have hassled me to make it easier for them to install my applications and libraries on OS X. I’m not very skilled with OS X, and searching for how to do this task took some time. I’ve made a script that does this in a modular way for Python. Specifically, this article describes the process of making a Python module or extension installer for OS X, similar to the Python installer for Windows.

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Cython is an easy way to create Python extensions in “pseudo-Python” without having to deal with the verboseness of the Python API. It also does not rely on you knowing much of the C language. Cython is based on Pyrex which I have some experience with. This tutorial shows you how to convert a simple Python module to a Python extension.

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