May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Python programs are normally provided in source code or wheel files. However, there are times when a developer wants to provide OS-specific files, such as a Windows .exe, for ease of installation. Python has a number of options for developers to create stand-alone executable files.
py2exe (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py2exe/) is one option for creating Windows-specific files. Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell how maintained this project is, as the last release on https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py2exe/0.9.2.2 was in 2014, while http://www.py2exe.org references a release from 2008. It also appears to be only available for Python 3.4 and older versions. However, if you believe this program may be useful, ...