Introduction to Modules and Packages in Python

This lesson about modules and packages covers their purpose and how to create them. We also take a deeper look at a handful of common modules. This lesson is part of a series of content designed to help you learn to program with the Python programming language.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the concept of a module
• Describe the concept of a package
• Describe how to create a module
• Describe how to create a package
• Describe the purpose of sys.path
• Describe the purpose of the built-in dir function
• Describe how to import objects from modules
• Describe the purpose of the standard library
• Describe the purpose of the sys, os, math, collections, and random modules

Intended Audience

This lesson was designed for first-time developers wanting to learn Python. 

Prerequisites 

This is an introductory lesson and doesn’t require any prior programming knowledge.