When we create a new Python project using the PyDev plugin for the Eclipse IDE, it automatically creates a __init__.py module. We can also create it ourselves manually when not using Eclipse.
We can use this usually empty module to connect different Python modules by entering code into it. This recipe will show how to do this.
As our project becomes larger and larger, we naturally break it out into several Python modules. Using a modern IDE such as Eclipse, it is surprisingly complicated to find modules that are located in different subfolders either above or below the code that needs to import it.
One practical way to get around this limitation is to use the __init__.py module.