{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/19"},{"label":"Information Analysis","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-information-analysis/3"},{"label":"Bio-Informatics","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-bio-informatics"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a collection of utility functions and classes for common Python development tasks including parameter validation, logging, progress tracking, configuration management, multiprocessing, and file operations.","skillfed_tags":["dev-utilities","cli-helpers"],"use_cases":["Validate user input parameters against allowed values or numeric ranges in your application startup","Add colored, leveled logging to a CLI tool or library with minimal configuration overhead","Display progress feedback in long-running batch jobs that work across terminal, IPython, and Jupyter environments","Parse and manage INI-style configuration files for application settings without external config libraries","Distribute CPU-bound work across multiple processes using a simple job queue interface","Measure and profile code execution time during development using Timer context managers and decorators"],"what_it_does":"easydev is a utility library that bundles commonly-needed helper functions for Python package development. It covers parameter validation (checking values against allowed lists or ranges), dictionary access patterns (nested attribute-style access), colored logging output, progress bars that work in terminals and Jupyter notebooks, timing and profiling decorators, INI-style configuration file parsing, subprocess/shell command wrappers, file operations, and a multiprocessing job queue. The package depends on colorama, colorlog, pexpect, platformdirs, and line-profiler to provide these capabilities.\n\nIt's designed as a convenience layer to avoid reimplementing these patterns across multiple projects. The library has been in active development since 2013 and serves as a foundation for other packages in the scientific Python ecosystem. It supports Python 3.9 through 3.14 and is actively maintained.","worth_installing":"Yes. easydev is a stable, actively maintained utility library with low install friction, permissive licensing, no known vulnerabilities, and broad Python version support. Install it if your project needs any of its bundled utilities\u2014parameter validation, logging, progress bars, config parsing, or multiprocessing\u2014and you want to avoid writing or vendoring these patterns yourself. The 5 runtime dependencies are all lightweight and well-established."},"id":"easydev","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/easydev","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/easydev.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/easydev/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-02","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"easydev","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Common utilities to ease development of Python packages"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":109255,"position":12524,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.14.0"}