Monkay is a powerful tool designed to address common challenges in complex software projects, especially those that evolve over time. It’s built to solve issues such as deprecated names, lazy imports, side effects, and the need for dynamic extension support.
In large projects, particularly when working with frameworks like Django, application components need to interact in a modular way. Monkay facilitates this by allowing the easy registration of extensions, flexible import handling, and dynamic configuration of settings—all while ensuring that there are no dependency conflicts, and that extensions can build on each other smoothly.
Some of the key features Monkay provides are:
- Lazy imports: Minimize side effects and ensure efficient resource management.
- Self-registering extensions: Similar to Django models, extensions can register themselves and be reordered without causing dependency issues.
- Thread-safety: Handle multiple threads accessing different parts of the application, ensuring consistency and stability.
- Async-friendly testing: Easily test applications with different settings and environments using Monkay’s context variables.
- Dynamic settings management: Overwrite settings temporarily, similar to how Django handles configurations.
With Monkay, testing becomes a breeze, and managing extensions and settings in dynamic, multithreaded applications is no longer a headache. It simplifies complex setups and allows you to focus on building rather than managing dependencies.
If you're ready to dive deeper, check out our Tutorial to get started.
To get started with Monkay, follow these installation steps:
You can install Monkay via pip from PyPI:
pip install monkayMonkay requires Python 3.9 or later to function correctly. Ensure that you have the appropriate Python version installed:
python --versionIf your Python version is below 3.9, you will need to upgrade to a compatible version.
Yes, Monkay is a playful variation of "monkey." Here's why:
- Unique and Memorable: The name Monkay stands out and is easy to remember.
- Trademark Issues: "Monkey" is already widely used, so we opted for something distinct while still keeping the playful theme.
So, while it may look like a typo, it's entirely intentional—and a bit of fun too!