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* A :file: `Python 3.7 ` folder in your :file: `Applications ` folder. In here
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you find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of official
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- Python distributions; PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
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- scripts from the Finder; and the "Build Applet" tool, which allows you to
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- package Python scripts as standalone applications on your system.
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+ Python distributions; and PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
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+ scripts from the Finder.
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* A framework :file: `/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework `, which includes the
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Python executable and libraries. The installer adds this location to your shell
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Distributing Python Applications on the Mac
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- The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.6 folder is fine for
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- packaging small Python scripts on your own machine to run as a standard Mac
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- application. This tool, however, is not robust enough to distribute Python
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- applications to other users.
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The standard tool for deploying standalone Python applications on the Mac is
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:program: `py2app `. More information on installing and using py2app can be found
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at http://undefined.org/python/#py2app.
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