Jul 10, 2010 · I learned python from Guido's tutorial, which is a good place to start (a C programmer will feel right at home). python is also a great tool for making models -- physical, math, stochastic, etc. …

Oct 3, 2013 · Why is the global keyword considered bad practice in Python (and programming in general)? Links with more information would also be appreciated.

Sep 26, 2015 · What would be a good set of programming exercises that would help Python newbies to learn the use of the "if ... else" construct? I could cook up the following, do you know of any more?

Apr 4, 2011 · I always write a main() function (appropriately named), and put nothing but command-line parsing and a call to main() in the if __name__ == '__main__' block. That's because no matter how …

4 days ago · Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented (using classes), dynamic and strongly typed programming language that is used for a wide range of applications.

Installing Python + dependencies + the app itself (whether through distutils, etc, or just a zip file) is more involved, especially if the developer isn't able to manually configure the target machine himself and …

Apr 14, 2023 · 44 When using the logging module from python for logging purposes. Is it best-practice to define a logger for each class? Considering some things would be redundant such as file log …

72 Django uses real Python files for settings, Trac uses a .ini file, and some other pieces of software uses XML files to hold this information. Are one of these approaches blessed by Guido and/or the …

I am new to Python as I want to expand skills that I learned using R. In R I tend to load a bunch of libraries, sometimes resulting in function name conflicts. What is best practice in Python. I h...

Jul 11, 2019 · I am building a system that uses API tokens and keys to access services, but where is the best place to store them? I want to push the code to GitHub without pushing the tokens. Currently, …