Re: Resources/pointers for writing maintable, testable Python

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Jacob Scott <jacob.scott@gmail.com> writes:

> Today, I'm happily writing primarily Python (unfortunately, 2.7 -- but I'm
> not sure it makes that much of a difference)

Python 2.7 is still viable, but is certainly a dead end. The difference
increases month by month, and the advantage is only going to increase to
Python 3.

Any new code base should not be written in Python 2. Any libraries you
need which don't work yet on Python 3 should be seriously reconsidered.

> I'd appreciate any pointers to resources I might have missed, general
> thoughts on the topic, etc.

Code Like A Pythonista was written in the Python 2 era
<http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html>
but is still excellent advice today.

-- 
 \         “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the |
  `\    best.” —Oscar Wilde, quoted in _Chicago Brothers of the Book_, |
_o__)                                                             1917 |
Ben Finney

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Re: Resources/pointers for writing maintable, testable Python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-05-19 10:55 +1000
  Re: Resources/pointers for writing maintable, testable Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 20:31 -0700
    Re: Resources/pointers for writing maintable, testable Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 13:47 +1000
      Re: Resources/pointers for writing maintable, testable Python DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-19 08:56 -0400
    Re: Resources/pointers for writing maintable, testable Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-19 13:56 +1000
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