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A Software '''Package Development Process''' is a system for developing a software package. In this context, a ''package'' is a collection of functions written for example,use in a single language such as [[Python (programming language)|Python]] or [[R (programming language)|R]], abundled ''package''bundled iswith collectiondocumentation. of functionsFor bundledmany withprogramming documentationlanguages, there are [[Software repository|software repositories]] where people share such packages.

A [[Python (programming language)|Python]] package combines documentation, code and initial set up and possibly examples that could be used as [[unit testing|unit tests]] in a single file. By contrast, an [[R (programming language)|R]] package has documentation with examples in files separate from the code, possibly bundled with other material such as sample data sets and introductory ''vignettes''.

== See also ==

* [[Package management system]] for combining software packages in different languages into an operating system.

[[Category:Software distribution|Repository]]

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