It's based on the project skeleton from Learn Python the Hard Way so that members can start new projects quickly.
Install cookiecutter in a Python 3 virtual environment:
$ pip install cookiecutter
Create a new cookiecutter from this repo:
$ cookiecutter gh:CodeSelfStudy/python-project-cookiecutter
More instructions here.
The code is based on examples in Learn Python the Hard Way and the cookiecutter docs.
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