Tools to develop Python code

Tools to develop Python code#

We’ve seen that Python is characterized by:

  • Interpreted (but there are tools to compile Python code)

  • Dynamically strongly typed

  • Indentation defines the blocks

  • Style coding is important: pep8

The editor can and has to help you!!

  • syntax coloring

  • automatic indentation

  • code analysis (code analysis powered by pyflakes and pylint)

  • introspection capabilities such as code completion

(short introduction)

  • Linters, formatters and type checkers

  • Documentation (get and write docstrings) and comments

  • Testing (principle and very basic realization with assert)

  • Editors / IDE (JupyterLab, VSCode/VSCodium and Spyder)

    • basis

    • main extensions for Python

    • debug

    • sync configuration

    • overall comparison between these IDEs

Where and how to find and get help#

Exercise 1 (PEP8 checker with Spyder editor)

In Spyder, open the file ./pyfiles/wrong.py and see what append.

Activate the “Real time code style analysis (PEP 8)” (Preferences -> Editor -> Code Introspection/Analysis).

Correct the file to remove the warnings.

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