[bercobeute]

Just a tip others might find usefull.

My rather large app (>1k lines) imports a huge list of modules. This really slowed down the start of the application. One solution could be to import the module once they are needed, but another solution would be to import the modules that are not immediately needed in the background. For instance when showing a splash screen. This is how I accomplish that:

def importRest():
    os, key_codes, time, audio, location, socket, urllib =[__import__('os'), 
                                                           __import__('key_codes'),
                                                           __import__('time'),
                                                           __import__('audio'),
                                                           __import__('location'),
                                                           __import__('socket'),
                                                           __import__('urllib')]
thread.start_new_thread(importRest,())

I haven't tested it thoroughly, but it seems to speed up the start of the application considerably.

[aaaaapo]

Originally Posted by bercobeute

My rather large app (>1k lines) imports a huge list of modules. This really slowed down the start of the application. One solution could be to import the module once they are needed, but another solution would be to import the modules that are not immediately needed in the background.

I have a similar annoyance: starting up my (>2k lines, about 10 files + 10 pys60 library imports) app takes normally more than 8 seconds.

I've been thinking about some kind of splashscreen and/or progressbar to show user that application is starting up. But this is just a thought yet...