- You're so vain, so why not use Vanity?
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Thu 16 June 2011
By aclark
In Blog . tags: Plone Python
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Unexpected indentation.A few months ago I created a package called Vanity [0] that
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Unexpected indentation.I love this tool, and I use it all the time to gauge the value of a
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Unexpected indentation.Vanity itself is a good example of this phenomenon. I find it
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Unexpected indentation.Other packages I have created with much less value have been downloaded
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Unexpected indentation.Anyway, here is how it works:
$ easy_install vanity
Then:
$ vanity <package>
For example:
$ vanity vanity Package vanity has been downloaded 130 times!
Or:
$ vanity plonetheme.aclark_twitter Package plonetheme.aclark_twitter has been downloaded 674 times!
Some of my other favorites:
$ vanity Django[1] Package Django has been downloaded 302111 times!
$ vanity zope.component Package zope.component has been downloaded 210541 times!
$ vanity pyramid Package pyramid has been downloaded 26067 times!
Another thing to consider is if hitting PyPI each time is really
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Unexpected indentation.So, this post is simply to announce Vanity to a wider audience in
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Notes [0] By standing on the shoulders of some Plone giants, David Glick,
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- [1] There is a known issue with regard to making Vanity case
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