Build Script Starter

Developers require tools for quick starter virtual environments.

This repository contains a simple Python build workflow and a VS Code task automation setup for creating and managing a local Python virtual environment.

Overview

• (build/build.sh)[./build/build.sh] is the main build script.
• (.vscode/tasks.json)[.vscode/tasks.json] defines automation in Visual Studio Code for cleaning Python cache and running the build.
• The workflow is designed for local development and onboarding new contributors quickly.

Build Script (build/build.sh)

The build script does the following:

1. Creates a virtual environment named buildproj
2. Activates the virtual environment
3. Upgrades pip
4. Installs uv, a fast Python package manager
5. Uses uv to install packages from requirements.txt
6. Registers the environment as an IPython kernel named buildproj
7. Deactivates the environment after setup

Run the build script

cd build
./build.sh

At any time when you wish to run this build script, from your root folder,

. build/buildproj/bin/activate

or, in Windows (for which you might have to tweak the script a bit)

\buildproj\Scripts\activate

Contact

• Sundaresh Sankaran

Version

• Version 1.0.1 (26AUG2026)