Is there anything like Project Sprouts but implemented in Python?

Question

Hi all

Since our entire build system is written in Python, I'm wondering if there is anything like Sprouts that I could leverage to integrate Flex builds / development into our codebase?

Sprouts looks nice and all, but I don't want to introduce another build-time dependency to our projects (namely Ruby).

Thanks

Answer 1

No, I don't believe there is anything similar for Python.

It looks like Sprouts is made up of a lot of Rake build files, so you could try to roll your own build system in Python using tools like Paver, fabric, Buildout recipes, paster templates, etc. That would give you the ability to generate new projects like Sprouts does.

Overall I wouldn't worry too much about adding Ruby as a dependency. If it does what you need then you'll save a lot of time by using it instead of hunting for something written in Python (or worse yet rewriting its functionality).