Python Standard Library vs Python Package Index

Python Modules

In this post, we’ll look at the Python Standard Library and Python Package Index

Python Standard Library

URL:http://docs.python.org/library/index.html

What it is:

Collection of of modules that are already on the system, thus there is no need to install them. Just import the modules you want to use. Search for a module:http://docs.python.org/py-modindex.html

Python Package Index

URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi

What it is:

It’s a repository of software containing more than 2400 packages created by community members.