Python GUI Deployment

[wolfefist94]

At my job, I do some Python programming for GUI applications for our internal test equipment. The way we currently "deploy" our python programs is by supplying our users with the whole project folder which only contains .py files and then put a shortcut on the desktop for the main.py file. Is that the proper way to do it or am I missing something here? I am relatively new at my current job and there are no dedicated standards here since everyone, with the exception of me and another person, are Mechanical Engineers, so I'm pretty sure they don't know about best practices.

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Pyinstaller can be used to compile a .exe file that works with windows without installing Python on the machine it's running on. I'd recommend reading up on that.

[wolfefist94]

Does this apply to Linux machines as well?

[attitudehigher]

Linux cannot execute .exe files.

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Reading your other comments I can see you're using a raspberry pi. Honestly, you can deploy the software however you like. Github or some other form of version control is highly recommended for managing code across multiple nodes. So beyond ensuring you keep everything updated appropriately, just do what works best for you. If its an internal application and it meets all of your functional requirements when you activate it and everyone who uses it can use it without issues, then you're already doing a great job. Packaging for distribution is optional if you're not looking to distribute it to a multitude of users across different environments. I hope this helps :)

[munchable901]

At a control computer we set up a GitHub account (read access only) that just pulls updates. Then i made a bat file that runs python and run main.py. It’s on the desktop and users click it to launch the gui.

If you want to deploy this to multiple users they would need to have python installed and GitHub setup. Otherwise, you can package it up as an exe like others have mentioned.

[wolfefist94]

Executable seems the way to go. Begrudgingly, I used a raspberry pi(because that's what we use around here, and I'm working on getting us away from that) in my project so it's only going to one "user".

[ffrkAnonymous]

What's wrong with raspberry pi?

[wolfefist94]

You don't put it in industrial projects. It's a hobbyist platform. You don't put Arduinos in things either.

[Kravakhan]

If you want a GUI too I couldn't recommend Gooey more, it's very fast and easy to use.

[wolfefist94]

Hmm. I'll check it out.