The raw/initial output from "boiler" in my ~/.vim/snippets/python.snippets

python_boilerplate.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""[application description here]"""

# Prevent Python 2.x PyLint from complaining if run on this
from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                        with_statement, unicode_literals)

__author__ = "Stephan Sokolow (deitarion/SSokolow)"
__appname__ = "[application name here]"
__version__ = "0.0pre0"
__license__ = "GNU GPL 3.0 or later"

import logging
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

def process_arg(path):
    pass  # TODO: Code Here

def main():
    """The main entry point, compatible with setuptools entry points."""
    from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
    parser = ArgumentParser(formatter_class=RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
            description=__doc__.replace('\r\n', '\n').split('\n--snip--\n')[0])
    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
            version="%%(prog)s v%s" % __version__)
    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action="count",
        default=2, help="Increase the verbosity. Use twice for extra effect.")
    parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action="count",
        default=0, help="Decrease the verbosity. Use twice for extra effect.")
    parser.add_argument('path', action="store", nargs="+",
        help="Path to operate on")
    # Reminder: %(default)s can be used in help strings.

    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Set up clean logging to stderr
    log_levels = [logging.CRITICAL, logging.ERROR, logging.WARNING,
                  logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG]
    args.verbose = min(args.verbose - args.quiet, len(log_levels) - 1)
    args.verbose = max(args.verbose, 0)
    logging.basicConfig(level=log_levels[args.verbose],
                        format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')

    for path in args.path:
        process_arg(path)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

# vim: set sw=4 sts=4 expandtab :

NOTE: This boilerplate is not under the GNU GPL 3.0. That's just my default choice for an application license.

If it's novel enough to qualify for copyright, which is questionable, then I hereby release it into the public domain via the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.