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2.. _development:
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5Development Tools
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8The modules described in this chapter help you write software.  For example, the
9:mod:`pydoc` module takes a module and generates documentation based on the
10module's contents.  The :mod:`doctest` and :mod:`unittest` modules contains
11frameworks for writing unit tests that automatically exercise code and verify
12that the expected output is produced.  :program:`2to3` can translate Python 2.x
13source code into valid Python 3.x code.
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15The list of modules described in this chapter is:
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20   pydoc.rst
21   doctest.rst
22   unittest.rst
23   2to3.rst
24   test.rst
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