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+# The following tools have proven useful during development
+# Feel free to install while inside the WireViz virtualenv, using:
+# pip install -r devtools.txt
+
+# Code formatting
+black
+isort
+
+# Development aids
+pudb  # visual python debugger
+autoflake  # to be tested