Deployment of the Python application

[psbasha]

Hi,

How to deploy the Python application to the end users without giving the Source code?

Is there any procedure available to build the whole application and package it?

Thanks & Regards
PSB

[bartonc]

Hi,

How to deploy the Python application to the end users without giving the Source code?

Is there any procedure available to build the whole application and package it?

Thanks & Regards
PSB

There are several ways to do this py2exe works for window. Another is pyInstaller. There are articles posted in the articles sub forum (temporary links above in the announcement and in the stick. Here is a link to one of them.

[psbasha]

I would like to use the applications developed in Python in both the OS Windows and Unix.Whether I can compile/build the application in Windows/Unix and can use in Windows and Unix (or) we have to compile and build the application (Same source code of the application) seperately in Windows and UNIX OS.

Please suggest.
PSB

[bartonc]

I would like to use the applications developed in Python in both the OS Windows and Unix.Whether I can compile/build the application in Windows/Unix and can use in Windows and Unix (or) we have to compile and build the application (Same source code of the application) seperately in Windows and UNIX OS.

Please suggest.
PSB

Py2exe is for Windows only. A common trick that I have seen is to leave the .py file that you don't want direct access to the source of out of the target installation them import the .pyd file from a main .py script. Note, however that the symbols can still be read from a .pyd file. The logic of the program will be obfuscated, though. This may also be the case with most python installers. If you need to truly hide source code run by a python script, write that code in C and import that using ctypes or build and interface to it using swig. Python is built by the open source community and most apps are distributed freely, so there doesn't need to be a native way to do what you are after.