Chapter 12. Modules

Chapter Topics

• What Are Modules?

• Modules and Files

• Namespaces

• Importing Modules

• Importing Module Attributes

• Module Built-in Functions

• Packages

• Other Features of Modules

This chapter focuses on Python modules and how data are imported from modules into your programming environment. We will also take a look at packages. Modules are a means to organize Python code, and packages help you organize modules. We conclude this chapter with a look at other related aspects of modules.