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=================
`tiledb` is a pythonic interface to the `TileDB array storage manager <http://tiledb.io>`_.
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+Building TileDB-Py
+==================
+
+Testing TileDB-Py from within the source folder
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+TileDB-Py can be tested without having the package installed.
+To compile the sources inplace from the source directory:
+
+ $ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+
+Tests can now be run using nosetests
+
+ $ nosetests -v tiledb/
+
+Youo can also install a `symlink named site-packages/tiledb.egg-link` to the development folder of TileDB-Py with:
+
+ $ pip install --editable .
+
+This enables local changes to the current development repo to be reflected globally
