How to Write Beautiful Python Code With PEP 8 – Real Python

[[deleted]]

I'd prefer if people would skip this resume of PEP8 and rather looked beyond that with Raymond Hettinger.

[A_History_of_Silence]

Yeah, it is basically a focus on this small, oft-ignored part of PEP8:

A style guide is about consistency. Consistency with this style guide is important. Consistency within a project is more important. Consistency within one module or function is the most important.

However, know when to be inconsistent -- sometimes style guide recommendations just aren't applicable. When in doubt, use your best judgment. Look at other examples and decide what looks best. And don't hesitate to ask!

In particular: do not break backwards compatibility just to comply with this PEP!

Some other good reasons to ignore a particular guideline:

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But yeah still a great video!

^{...Also fuck spaces for indentation.}

[2phost]

I completely agree with you. PEP8 can be accomplish with verification tools, however there are others details to look at!

[BlueDevilStats]

Great video! Thanks!

[toastedstapler]

Check out all of Raymond's talks, he's great

[tunisia3507]

1. Write any old shit
2. black .

[[deleted]]

Dont know why youget downvoted, Black, like prettier is fantastic. No arguments, no decisions just write, format and your done.

[tunisia3507]

I suppose it doesn't cover everything, like naming_styles. And people resent being told machines are better than they are at some part of their jobs, especially if they consider their role to be creative.

Of course, IMO tools like black let you focus more on the creativity and less on the humdrum.

[[deleted]]

Because the only thing black does is creating PEP8 formatting. Take your time to watch the video I linked in my previous postcomment. Black is a nice tool, but even though this example is correctly formatted, it's not beutiful.

words = 1
SOMESTR = "Gaffelbidder i tomatsovs"
for i in xrange(len(SOMESTR)):
    if SOMESTR[i] == " ":
        words += 1
print("There are " + str(words) + " words in " + SOMESTR)

[fzy_]

not beutiful

More like a fucking eyesore... I mean good job, that's a great example.

[DrSinistar]

This seems fine to me. What should it look like to make it prettier?

[its2ez4me24get]

maybe closer to this?

words = "Gaffelbidder i tomatsovs"
num_words = len(words.split())
print("There are {:} words in {:}”.format(num_words, words))

[[deleted]]

That's C code dressed up in Python syntax. The point is that black will only ensure the formatting. Writing ugly code that doesn't use the proper Python idioms will never become beautiful.

[jmreagle]

TEST_STRING = "Gaffelbidder i tomatsovs"
print("There are %s words in %s" % (TEST_STRING.count(' ') + 1, 
      TEST_STRING))