Python - Best Programming Practice

Python module Y116

Best Programming Practice

Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module Y116. This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Python Programming - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging.

Python Programming - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts at the fundamentals ...

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Learning to Program in Python - training course - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging.

Learning to Program in Python - The fundamentals in depth, and an introduction to applications such as GUI design and Data Munging. This course starts ...

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What makes a good variable name?

div class= introsubheads BACKGROUND BR /div All the programming languages that we teach use variables and although some things differ, they re common ...

http://www.wellho.net/solutions/general- ... -name.html [longer article]

Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables

It's a good idea to initialise your variables directly before you use them for the first time if you're going to use them as accumulators. By accumulator ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/1181_Goo ... ables.html [short article]

Testing code in Python - doctest, unittest and others

The doctest and unittest modules of Python allow you to provide test harnesses for your classes / packages. Designing applications from the bottom up, ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2407_Tes ... thers.html [short article]

Think about your design even if you don't use full UML

Even if you don't feel that your project is big enough to get involved with formal design methods, many of the lessons of UML and some informal design ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/656_Thin ... l-UML.html [short article]

How do I set up a constant in Python?

You may think of values like pi being a constant, but in Python they're really just another object that's defined in the namespace of the module from ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2485_How ... thon-.html [short article]

This topic is presented on public courses Learning to program in Python, Python Programming

Examples from our training material

constant.py	Constants in Python
ddd.py	Good practise tips and documentation string

Background information

This module is available under an Open Training Notes License for free download from http://www.training-notes.co.uk.

Topics covered in this module

IsnÕt it enough to be able to write a working program?.
Analysing the requirement.
Designing the solution.
Reusing code.
Official style guide for Python code.
Introduction.
A Foolish Consistency is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds.
Code lay-out.
Whitespace in Expressions and Statements.
Other recommendations.
Comments.
Documentation Strings.
Version Bookkeeping.
Naming Conventions.
Designing for inheritance.
Programming Recommendations.
References.

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