On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:20 AM Chris Angelico via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 21:46, o1bigtenor <o1bigte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2. Catch the failure as you save. We have a lot of tools that can help > > > you to spot bugs. > > > > Tools like this for python please. > > Various ones. Type checkers like MyPy fall into this category if you > set your system up to run them when you save. Some editors do basic > syntax checks too.
I have been using geany as a plain text editor for some time. Searching for suggestions for error checking in python I find listed Pylint, Pyflakes and Pycodestyle. Looks like I have another area to investigate. (grin!) > > > > 3. Catch the failure before you commit and push. Unit tests are great for > > > this. > > > > Where might I find such please. > > The same tools, but run as a pre-commit hook. > > Any tool that can help you find bugs has the potential to be of value. > It's all a question of how much time it saves with earlier detection > of bugs versus how much it costs you in pacifying the tool. Some are > better than others. > Any suggestions? TIA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
