Python Guidelines

Python is a powerful language that is simultaneously easy to use. This feature helps us to get started with Python, but it is up to us to challenge ourselves and so learn more of the capabilities that Python offers.

There are two major Python versions which can be used namely Python 2 and Python 3. As Python 2 support is announced to be discontinued in the near future you should choose Python 3. Besides most Cloe Python code has been migrated to Python 3.

You should at least read PEP-8, which is the official Python style guide.

Code editors like Visual Studio Code integrate tools like pylint or autopep8 which can help you following and applying the mentioned guidelines e.g. each time you save your code files.

Additionally there are good textbooks available which you can learn from how to proficiently write your applications in a “pythonic” way. The following books are owned and used by the Cloe team:

• Effective Python by Brett Slatkin (Addision-Wesley)

• Python Cookbook by David Beazley and Brian K. Jones (O’Reilly)

• Fluent Python by Luciano Ramalho (O’Reilly)