Glossary term
What is Package?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Package" means: Code that someone else wrote and shared, which you install and use in your own scripts. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Launch a Local Service Business. Related terms include Virtual environment (venv), pip, terminal and Pinning a version.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Package?
Code that someone else wrote and shared, which you install and use in your own scripts. (From Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Package mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?
Code that someone else wrote and shared, which you install and use in your own scripts.
What does Package mean in Launch a Local Service Business?
A set service level with a fixed list of what is included, so customers can compare and you can quote quickly.
Where is Package taught?
Package is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Launch a Local Service Business.
Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring WorkLaunch a Local Service Business
Which lessons cover Package?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 1.2: Set Up Your Workshop: Python and a Virtual Environment
- Launch a Local Service Business, lesson 3.2: Packages and add-ons
Which terms are related to Package?
Next to Package in the course glossaries: Virtual environment (venv), pip, terminal, Pinning a version, Script, Sandbox, Automation, dry run, Service area and Add-on.
Virtual environment (venv)pipterminalPinning a versionScriptSandboxAutomationdry runService areaAdd-on
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Package?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
- Launch a Local Service Business: None. You do not need any business experience.