Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pyslet
Version: 0.6.20160201
Summary: Pyslet: Python package for Standards in Learning, Education and Training
Home-page: http://www.pyslet.org/
Author: Steve Lay
Author-email: steve.w.lay@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Description: Welcome to Pyslet
        =================
        
        ..  note::
            You are reading documentation for the pyslet-0.6.20160201 release of
            Pyslet to PyPi. The latest version, corresponding to the GitHub
            master is available here__
            
            ..  __: http://pyslet.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
        
        Pyslet_ is a Python package for Standards in Learning Education and
        Training (LET). It implements a number of LET-specific standards,
        including IMS QTI, Content Packaging and Basic LTI.  It also includes
        support for some general standards, including the data access standard
        OData (see http://www.odata.org).
        
        ..  _Pyslet: http://www.pyslet.org
        
        Pyslet was originally written to be the engine behind the QTI migration
        tool but it can be used independently as a support module for your own
        Python applications.
        
        Full documentation is hosted at http://pyslet.readthedocs.org
        
        Pyslet currently supports Python 2.6 and 2.7, see docs for details.
        
          
        
        Distribution
        ------------
        
        Pyslet is developed on GitHub: https://github.com/swl10/pyslet but it
        can be downloaded and installed from the popular PyPi package
        distribution site: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyslet using *pip*.
        
        While Pyslet is being actively developed the version on PyPi may lag
        a few months behind the master branch on GitHub.  The unittests are
        fairly comprehensive and are automatically run against the master
        branch using TravisCI_:
        
        .. image:: https://secure.travis-ci.org/swl10/pyslet.png
           :alt: Build Status
           :target: https://travis-ci.org/swl10/pyslet
        
        .. _TravisCI: https://travis-ci.org/swl10/pyslet
        
        Users of older Python builds (e.g., the current Python 2.6 installed on
        OS X as of August 2014) should be aware that pip may well fail to
        install itself or other modules due to a failure to connect to the PyPi
        repository.  Fixing this is hard and installing from source is
        recommended instead if you are afflicted by this issue.
        
        
        Installing from Source
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        The Pyslet package contains a setup.py script so you can install it
        by downloading the compressed archive, uncompressing it and then
        running the following command inside the package::
        
            python setup.py install
        
        
        Current Status & Road Map
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        Pyslet is going through a transition process at the moment as the QTI
        migration tool that drives its development is gradually moving towards
        being distributed as an LTI tool rather than a desktop application.
        
        The OData support is fairly robust, it is used to run the Cambridge Weather
        OData service which can be found at http://odata.pyslet.org/weather
        
        What's next?
        
        *   MySQL shim for the OData SQL storage model (90% complete and
            functional)
        
        *   Improved support for LTI to take it beyond 'basic' (60% complete)
        
        *   Python 3 support (10% complete)
        
        I'm also slowly transforming the code for better PEP-8 compliance as
        reported by the fantastic flake8_.  For important information about how
        this affects existing Pyslet users see the What's New? section of the
        documentation or the CHANGES.rst file in the distribution package. 
        
        ..  _flake8: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8
        
        I also write about Pyslet on my blog:
        http://swl10.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Pyslet
        
        
        Feedback
        ~~~~~~~~
        
        The best way to get something changed is to create an issue or Pull
        request on GitHub, however, my contact details are available there on my
        profile page if you just want to drop me an email with a suggestion or
        question.
        
        
        License
        ~~~~~~~
        
        Pyslet is distributed under the 'New' BSD license:
        http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause, this decision was inherited
        from the early days of the code.  Although Copyright to much of the
        source is owned by the author personally earlier parts are owned by the
        University of Cambridge and are marked as such.
        
        Pyslet is written and maintained by the main author on a spare time
        basis and is not connected to my current employer.
        
        
        Acknowledgements
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        Some historical information is available on the QTI Migration tool's
        Google Code project:
        https://code.google.com/p/qtimigration/
        
        Some of the code was written almost 20 years ago and it owes a lot to
        the University of Cambridge and, in particular, to the team I worked
        with at UCLES (aka Cambridge Assessment) who were instrumental in
        getting this project started.
        
        
        
        
        
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Topic :: Education
Classifier: Topic :: Education :: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Classifier: Topic :: Education :: Testing
Classifier: Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI :: Application
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
