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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python! - Code Style (docs.python-guide.org)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm pretty new to Python and discovered the nicely presented PEP8 coding style guide linked in the post. Stumbling onto The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python! has been a very helpful compliment to the official Python Documentaion

Hopefully this post will help others getting familiar with Python.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@ericjmorey Why are you copying part of an article you've already linked to? I'm not sure what your point is.

My point is very simple: don’t spend any time on even considering Python 2. The fact the author spent so much time on it shows it's quite an old guide. (The dates in the git repo confirms this.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The resource is about exactly this type of information. It's not a resource that contains code examples. It has concisely presented information about things that aren't in the Python documentation or is overly technical and verbose in the documentation. It's a stepping stone providing context to getting more (and more current) resources.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@ericjmorey Except it's outdated. Here, I'll write a new paragraph for you: "When you start to learn Python, start with Python 3.10. If you at some point come across an codebase using older versions, you'll have learned enough to get to grips with the differences outlined in Python documentation." There, that's all you need to know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

What is outdated exactly? How has it bee useful to me while still being outdated?