Installing packages with Python is just one pip install command away. That’s one of the many great qualities that the Python ecosystem has to of

How to Evaluate the Quality of Python Packages

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Installing packages with Python is just one pip install command away. That’s one of the many great qualities that the Python ecosystem has to offer.

However, you may have downloaded a third-party package once that didn’t work out for you in one way or another. For example, the package didn’t support the Python version that you were using in your project, or the package didn’t do what you expected it to do.

By understanding the characteristics of a high-quality Python package, you can avoid introducing incompatible or even harmful code into your project. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how the Python Package Index can give you a first impression of a package. Then you’ll dig even deeper by checking out Libraries.io, the GitHub repository, and the license of any Python package that you want to use.

In the end, you’ll know how to evaluate third-party packages that you can find online before you implement them into your Python projects.