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2.. _development:
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5Development Tools
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8The modules described in this chapter help you write software. For example, the
9:mod:`pydoc` module takes a module and generates documentation based on the
10module's contents. The :mod:`doctest` and :mod:`unittest` modules contains
11frameworks for writing unit tests that automatically exercise code and verify
Benjamin Peterson40202212008-07-24 02:45:37 +000012that the expected output is produced. :program:`2to3` can translate Python 2.x
13source code into valid Python 3.x code.
Georg Brandl8ec7f652007-08-15 14:28:01 +000014
15The list of modules described in this chapter is:
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18.. toctree::
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20 pydoc.rst
21 doctest.rst
22 unittest.rst
Benjamin Peterson40202212008-07-24 02:45:37 +000023 2to3.rst
Georg Brandl8ec7f652007-08-15 14:28:01 +000024 test.rst