How to build Python packages with TeamCity.

What are Python packages?

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics. Its high-level built-in data structures, combined with dynamic typing and dynamic binding, make it very attractive for Rapid Application Development, as well as for use as a scripting or glue language to connect existing components together. The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are freely available in source or binary form for all major platforms from the python.org website and can be freely distributed.

What is TeamCity?

TeamCity is a build server and a suite of developer productivity tools. It is a smart, user-friendly solution for effective software projects management. TeamCity enables developers to track changes in source code, compile projects, execute all kinds of tests, control versions, gather reports and generate artifacts. In addition, the distributed builds technology helps to organize multiple development locations.

Building Python package with TeamCity via packagecloud

If you’re looking to build Python package with TeamCity, you can use packagecloud to handle all of your package management and integrations with your CI/CD tools. Packagecloud works with all kinds of packages, not only Python packages. As well, you can integrate with all kinds of CI/CD tools, not only TeamCity.