Hello I m beginner in kedro and trying to get myself familia

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Hello I m beginner in kedro and trying to get myself familiar with it I ve seen that in startup projects there s `setup py` present in `src ` I can t find info on documentation pages what is it used for Is the kedro pipeline built as a python package for some portability features I d like to know what s going on if someone can shed some light here slightly smiling face

datajoely · Answer

This is used to in truth this is now done via the new `pyproject toml` and make it pip instal able by someone else

datajoely · Answer

so you re on the right track

datajoely · Answer

if you re never going to package it via `kedro package` you don t actually need it

datajoely · Answer

also we re moving to the modern toml standard shortly

Artur Dobrogowski · Answer

so I d like to package the project only if I wanted to distribute it more easily than cloning the project s repo

Artur Dobrogowski · Answer

so that someone can do pip install

datajoely · Answer

it s best to think about deploying the finished article that needs to run in production

Artur Dobrogowski · Answer

hmm for that I usually use docker

datajoely · Answer

also an option

datajoely · Answer

this is a convenience piece for people who don t want to know about the hairness of python packaging

Artur Dobrogowski · Answer

okay I got the grasp of it thanks for clarification slightly smiling face

datajoely · Answer

part of what we re trying to do is get people up and running quickly so they can do some Data Science and not spend their time working out tooling

datajoely · Answer

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