Ubuntu – What are the different application directories in a quickly ubuntu-application template for

application-developmentquickly

When you create a new ubuntu-application with quickly you will notice that it creates a directory structure like this:

  • MyApp/
    • setup.py
    • bin/
    • help/
    • tests/
    • setup.py
    • MyApp/
    • MyApp_lib/

What are each one for? and what should be placed in MyApp and MyApp_lib?

Best Answer

Here is a quick summary:

  • setup.py - this has some settings in it that you can configure for when you package and publish your app to a PPA. You can see them commented out in a new Quickly project.
  • bin/ - when you run quickly run it loads the application from here.
  • help/ - this contains your bundled help files. You can edit these for when the user clicks Help -> Contents.
  • tests/ - this is where you can unit tests to ensure your different functions are working as expected. You can create a test suite that could be automated (this is not always required for smaller apps, but recommended for any kind of semi-seriuous or more project).
  • MyApp - this is where you edit your code. You spend most of your time editing the files in here.
  • MyApp_lib - this contains some functions that are part of Quickly - if you need to create your own functions for how you access data in the project, you can add them here too.

You missed one off too:

  • data - this is where you store data for your app such as your Glade files (in the data/ui dir) and your icons and images (which are in the data/media dir).

Hope this helps.

Related Question