Buildout

BuildoutDeveloper(s)| Jim Fulton (programmer)

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Written in| Python
Operating system| Windows, POSIX
Type| Software development tools
License| Zope Public License
Website| {{{1}}} , PyPI page

This page is about the open source software build tool. For the North American word meaning "the growth, development, or expansion of something", see wikt:buildout.

Buildout is a software build automation tool for building a codebase. It is primarily used to download and setup 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. The tool is open-source and written in Python.

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 Examples
* 3 Notable applications
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Features

* Segregates configuration from scripts
* Configuration files are formatted as INI
* Support for setuptools and eggs[1]
* Plugin support through Buildout recipes[2]

## Examples

Example configuration file:

[buildout]
develop = .
parts = test

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

## Notable applications

* Grok
* Plone[3]
* Zope

## See also

* List of build automation software

## References

1. ↑ "Zc.buildout: System for managing development buildouts". https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout#id57.
2. ↑ "Buildout Recipes — Buildout v1.2.1 documentation". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20090505154155/http://www.buildout.org/docs/recipelist.html. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
3. ↑ "Managing projects with Buildout — Plone CMS: Open Source Content Management". Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20090906181315/http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/buildout/. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

## External links

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