Postcode Parse

An application to manipulate postcode data (Windows ONLY).

Requirements

• Python 3
• Python virtual environment - Setup a folder called .venv with python -m venv .venv and activate with .\\.venv\\Scripts\\activate
• Dependencies - Installed by running pip install -e .[dev] --upgrade (remember to do so from inside a virtual environment)
• Setup Pre-commit hooks - run pre-commit install

Create Release

• Update version number
  • pyproject.toml
  • postcode_parser.iss
  • src/postcode_parse/_version.py

Build Exe

• pyinstaller --console --onefile src/postcode_parse/postcode_parse.py --clean --icon=assets/postcode.ico --distpath=./
• Compile the postcode_parser.iss in Inno Setup Compiler
• Run the installer (to install or to update)

Launching

• To launch via Python, call python src/postcode_parse/postcode_parse.py from within the virtual environment.