Hands-On Data Science with Anaconda

Anaconda add-on

The following information is from the Anaconda Addon Development Guide.

An Anaconda add-on is a Python package containing a directory with an __init__.py file and other source directories (sub packages) inside. Because Python allows importing each package name only once, the package top-level directory name must be unique. At the same time, the name can be arbitrary, because add-ons are loaded regardless of their name; the only requirement is that they must be placed in a specific directory.

The suggested naming convention for add-ons is therefore similar to that of Java packages or D-Bus service names: prefix the add-on name with the reversed domain name of your organization, using underscores (_) instead of dots so that ...