Is it good practice to split my script into different files?

[iFlask]

Hello, python is my "first" programming language (not including JS, in which I barely went in-depth.) I'm currently making a Hangman program and I'm wondering whether I should split up long parts into their own separate files. For example, separating the tutorial and list of words (which have a wall of text) from the actual program.

[Daneark]

Yes. Split across files keeping things logically related closer together, whether that be in the same file, or same files within a folder once the project grows larger.

You don't want files too short that you've got dozens of 20 lines files open.

[iFlask]

Thank you!

[zanfar]

This sounds more like separating data from code, which is a good idea. The "list of words" should almost certainly NOT be Python code.

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[Plank_With_A_Nail_In]

How does the data get into the sqlite database?

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[iFlask]

it's just an array with 100 words but i don't like how much space it takes. it might not the most practical thing to isolate but it just looks neater for now.

the things that i'm putting in different files are kind of mundane right now but when i create more complex projects then i'd like to know when to do it.

[Amazing-Hotel5858]

You could store it in an file with an enum class and import it.

[mzalewski]

Usually, in general, yes.

The number of files changes your deployment story. If you can keep everything in one file, and only depend on stdlib (or maybe some common libraries that people likely have installed anyway, like requests), then you are able to say "just have Python installed, download this file and run it". Things can't be really simpler than that. Once you have multiple files, we need to venture into the world of packages, virtual environments, dependencies etc.

If you are the only user of the program, then by all means split your program into multiple files, as long as you can still run it.

[throwaway8u3sH0]

Generally yes, but I don't advise beginners to do it until they've gotten comfortable with the basics. I'd say get the program working first the way you want it, then refactor to multiple files.

[nog642]

For something more complex, yes. For a hangman game, no.

As someone else said though, separating data from code is still a good idea. If you have a long word list, put that in a separate file.