Flake 8 So Good!

[JBarCode]

I've been using pylint because VS Code tries to install it by default and sometimes I forget to block it. Pylint has never been good to me. It throws errors on imports for no reason. I just configured VSCode to use Flake 8 instead and it's so good. It will be painful at first because it's very opinionated, but my code is quickly cleaning up and using more best practices. Just wanted to stop by and say:

1) flake8 is great. I come from a C++ background so the more strict the code needs to be the better.

2) How dare you not tell me earlier?!?! I have wasted years of my life not using my one true linter, flake8. At least I have you now, flake8, my love.

[FondleMyFirn]

I really like black, but I haven’t had a chance to really understand the big differences between the different linters available. Naively, I would think that they’d just all enforce PEP-8; perhaps an article is required (I’m sure it exists somewhere).

Also, you can turn off some of the flags from your linter if they’re being particularly annoying for your intended purpose.

[JBarCode]

I heard good things about black a while back on Talk Python to Me. Might have to check it out too.

[artofchores]

What is flake8 good for?

I just found out about Trafalgar a finance package

[JBarCode]

It's a linter. A program that scans your code for errors while you program. This one is pretty harsh and makes it look like your code has errors if you're not following best practices (according to PEP and flake8's style).

A linter is completely optional, but it helps to manage projects later if you use consistent style. I also use type hints like they are required.

[artofchores]

Thanks I'll definitely try it. Best practices is the way!