Expert Python Programming - Third Edition

When standalone executables useful?

Standalone executables are useful in situations where simplicity of the user experience is more important than the user's ability to interfere with the applications code. Note that the fact that you are distributing applications as executables only makes code reading or modification harder, not impossible. It is not a way to secure application code and should only be used as a way to make interacting with the application simpler.

Standalone executables should be a preferred way of distributing applications for nontechnical end users and also seems to be the only reasonable way of distributing any Python application for Windows.

Standalone executables are usually a good choice for the following:

• Applications ...