Best general packages to use for Python projects

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/Python
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  • awesome-python

    An opinionated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.

    • A good resource for finding packages based on your problem is awesome-python.

  • black

    The uncompromising Python code formatter

    • Not so much for the project but for project support I always use black for formatting. mypy to check my code. pydocstyle to check the comments.

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  • pydocstyle

    Discontinued docstring style checker

    • Not so much for the project but for project support I always use black for formatting. mypy to check my code. pydocstyle to check the comments.

  • pydantic

    Data validation using Python type hints

    • If you end up needing serialization/deserialization/validation use Pydantic

  • httpx

    A next generation HTTP client for Python. 🦋

  • typer

    Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints.

    • typer

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