Writing code across multiple files

[Calder]

I’m having issues importing code from one file into another. I have a file, blob.py, which contains a class Blob. Blob has a method called draw, which contains the line fill(*self.color).

In another file, post.py, I want to use Blobs, so I included from blob import Blob. When I run post.py in DrawBot, I get an error when I call Blob.draw, saying that the name fill is not defined. Why is this? How can I get files to know about DrawBot functionality when they are not directly run within DrawBot?

[monomonnik]

In blob.py, import Drawbot with:

import drawBot

When you use a Drawbot function in blob.py, add ‘drawBot’ before the function:

drawBot.fill(*self.color)

[Calder]

Thank you, that fixed it!
It seems like I need to quit and reopen DrawBot for any changes in blob.py to be seen — is there any easier way?

[monomonnik]

You can reload the module by using reload(). See an example in this post of @gferreira in this (highly relevant) topic Import python file.