Buildout Explained

Buildout
Developer:	Jim Fulton (programmer)
Operating System:	Windows, POSIX
Programming Language:	Python
License:	Zope Public License
Website:	, PyPI page

Buildout is an open-source software build tool. Buildout is created using the Python programming language. It implements a principle of separation of configuration from the scripts that do the setting up.Buildout is primarily used to download and set up dependencies in Python eggs format of the software being developed or deployed. Recipes for build tasks in any environment can be created, and many are already available.

Major features

• Configuration files are INI format
• Support for setuptools and eggs^[1]
• Plugin support through Buildout recipes^[2]

Sample configuration

[buildout] develop = . parts = test

[test] recipe = zc.recipe.testrunner eggs = theegg

Notable applications

• Grok
• Plone^[3]
• Zope

See also

• List of build automation software

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zc.buildout: System for managing development buildouts.
2. Web site: Buildout Recipes — Buildout v1.2.1 documentation . 2009-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090505154155/http://www.buildout.org/docs/recipelist.html . 2009-05-05 .
3. Web site: Managing projects with Buildout — Plone CMS: Open Source Content Management . 2009-05-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090906181315/http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/buildout/ . 2009-09-06 .