On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:35 PM, snorble <snor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I use Python a lot, but not well. I usually start by writing a small > script, no classes or modules. Then I add more content to the loops, > and repeat. It's a bit of a trial and error learning phase, making > sure I'm using the third party modules correctly, and so on. I end up > with a working script, but by the end it looks messy, unorganized, and > feels hacked together. I feel like in order to reuse it or expand it > in the future, I need to take what I learned and rewrite it from > scratch. > > If I peeked over a Python expert's shoulder while they developed > something new, how would their habits differ? Do they start with > classes from the start? > > I guess I'm looking for something similar to "Large Scale C++ Software > Design" for Python. Or even just a walkthrough of someone competent > writing something from scratch. I'm not necessarily looking for a > finished product that is well written. I'm more interested in, "I have > an idea for a script/program, and here is how I get from point A to > point B." > > Or maybe I'm looking for is best practices for how to organize the > structure of a Python program. I love Python and I just want to be > able to use it well.
Try this: http://www.refactoring.com/ Not a silver bullet, but a good place to start. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
