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Buildout

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Written in
  
Python

License
  
Zope Public License

Operating system
  
Windows, POSIX

Developer(s)
  
Jim Fulton (programmer)

Stable release
  
2.5.0 / November 16, 2015; 15 months ago (2015-11-16)

Type
  
Software development tools

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.

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Major features

  • Configuration files are INI format
  • Support for setuptools and eggs
  • Plugin support through Buildout recipes
  • Notable applications

  • Grok
  • Plone
  • Zope
  • References

    Buildout Wikipedia