Compile Python apps to .exe with py2exe

Normally, to run Python applications, we need to have a Python Interpreter. However, it's not always end in this way. If you are using Windows-based Operating Systems, you can compile your Python program to an executable file, and let other Windows-based users to use it without any of Python interpreter installation. You can download the py2exe from http://www.py2exe.org/ according to your Python version.

Examples:    A console application

print 'Hello World!'

 To compile console applications, create a setup.py file and then write the following code:  

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(console=['hello.py'])

Then, terminal access is required for compiling process. Write it as the following code:

python setup.py py2exe

Next, py2exe will try to generate the executable file for running that Python program on Windows.   A GUI application

from Tkinter import *
app = Tk()
app.mainloop()

 GUI applications need to modify console application setup code a bit as the following commands:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(windows=['ui.py'])

Then, use the same command that I already mentioned above. In addition, py2exe tutorial can be looked for more information at: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial