intro.rst 2.7 KB

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384
  1. .. _intro:
  2. Introduction
  3. ============
  4. This part of the documentation covers all the interfaces of Tablib.
  5. Tablib is a format-agnostic tabular dataset library, written in Python.
  6. It allows you to Pythonically import, export, and manipulate tabular data sets.
  7. Advanced features include segregation, dynamic columns, tags / filtering, and
  8. seamless format import/export.
  9. Philosophy
  10. ----------
  11. Tablib was developed with a few :pep:`20` idioms in mind.
  12. #. Beautiful is better than ugly.
  13. #. Explicit is better than implicit.
  14. #. Simple is better than complex.
  15. #. Complex is better than complicated.
  16. #. Readability counts.
  17. All contributions to Tablib should keep these important rules in mind.
  18. .. mit:
  19. MIT License
  20. -----------
  21. A large number of open source projects you find today are `GPL Licensed`_.
  22. While the GPL has its time and place, it should most certainly not be your
  23. go-to license for your next open source project.
  24. A project that is released as GPL cannot be used in any commercial product
  25. without the product itself also being offered as open source. The MIT, BSD, and
  26. ISC licenses are great alternatives to the GPL that allow your open-source
  27. software to be used in proprietary, closed-source software.
  28. Tablib is released under terms of `The MIT License`_.
  29. .. _`GPL Licensed`: https://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
  30. .. _`The MIT License`: https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  31. .. _license:
  32. Tablib License
  33. --------------
  34. Copyright 2017 Kenneth Reitz
  35. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  36. of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  37. in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
  38. to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
  39. copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
  40. furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  41. The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
  42. all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  43. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
  44. IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  45. FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
  46. AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  47. LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  48. OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  49. THE SOFTWARE.
  50. .. _pythonsupport:
  51. Pythons Supported
  52. -----------------
  53. At this time, the following Python versions are officially supported:
  54. * CPython 2.7
  55. * CPython 3.5
  56. * CPython 3.6
  57. * CPython 3.7
  58. Now, go :ref:`Install Tablib <install>`.