On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:19 pm, gliesia...@gmail.com wrote: > Are there any good resources on python best practices? e.g., articles
If you come from a Java background, you should read these two articles: http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html Everybody should read this: https://realpython.com/blog/python/the-most-diabolical-python-antipattern/ Stop writing classes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pEzgHorH0 Start writing classes: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/2/13/moar-classes/ Contradiction? No, not really. You should understand when to write a class when not to write a class. If you force everything to be in a class, you're living in the Kingdom of Nouns: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com.au/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html (discusses the Java model of "everything must be in a class") Nearly everything by Raymond Hettinger, starting with these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSGv2VnC0go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M Read the Python source code: https://rhettinger.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/open-your-source-more/ (Older modules might not show "best practice" any more, but you can still learn something from them.) At the interactive interpreter, read the Zen of Python: import this -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
