Overview

Project Layout

Overall, the toolbox generally expects a certain project layout because it tries to follow the credo “convention over configuration” when possible and reasonable. This expected structure can be better understood by looking at the cookie-cutter project template, which is part of the python-toolbox workspace and can be found in project-template. One can also generate a project from the template to explore the default structure. For more details on this, please check out the getting started section.

Nox

The most central tool when interacting with the toolbox is nox, which is the task runner used across all of Exasol’s Python-based projects. The toolbox itself provides various standard tasks and a plugin mechanism to extend these tasks if needed. For more information regarding nox, please visit the nox homepage.

Central files in regards to nox and the toolbox are:

• noxfile.py: Standard nox configuration/setup file

• noxconfig.py: Exasol-specific file containing additional information needed by the standard tasks of the toolbox