seeking "coding conventions" for python-based project

[SaintDanBert]

Is there a published set of coding conventions or guidelines or similar for writing python applications and utilities withing Linux Mint?

I've looked a a few of the python-based applications and utilities as source packages and they all seem to follow a similar but different set of coding behaviors. Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan

[richyrich]

Here's a link to a pretty basic online Python tutorial, with references and examples. It may be too simple for what you are looking for, but it does have some good info . . (don't miss those green Next buttons, or the link to the official Python website)

https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp

[SaintDanBert]

Here's a link to a pretty basic online Python tutorial, with references and examples. It may be too simple for what you are looking for, but it does have some good info . . (don't miss those green Next buttons, or the link to the official Python website)

https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp

Thanks for this...

I'm surprised that the Mint family (Mint<--*buntu<-- Debian) don't have a style guide or similar.
If one exists, I wish someone would tell me where to find it.

ASIDE -- I fetched the source package for mintUpdate. Um, er, very few comments. The modularization seems okay during a quick review.
I taught C/C++ at a major university and would only give the package code a high-C or low-B grade again based on a quick review.
That is one man's opinion -- mine, so please don't flame this posting.

A RELATED QUESTION:
What are folks using as an IDE for python app/util development. I'm using emacs with the python mode extension
during my code review but would like to learn something more mainstream. Yes, I'm working to learn python, but I've been
carving code since the late 70's (MS '79, GA Tech).

Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan

[Alexiy]

As an IDE I can suggest PyCharm, but I haven't learned python that much to recommend something else. Default IDE for python is IDLE (https://docs.python.org/3/library/idle.html), and it is included in the packages. Default UI toolkit is Tkinter (https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkint ... le-tkinter), although PyQt is a good option.

[richyrich]

What? No coding conventions at the official Python website? . . . I'm shocked!

[gm10]

What? No coding conventions at the official Python website? . . . I'm shocked!

Sure there is, always has been: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008

edit in response to post below: there really is a Mint-specific style guide? wow

[smurphos]

See - http://linuxmint-developer-guide.readth ... en/latest/

It's not much but it is there....

[andyO]

For an IDE, my preference for working is Wing, the debug probe feature is quite powerful:
https://wingware.com/

Eclipse is also good for Python I believe:
https://www.eclipse.org/ide/

[SaintDanBert]

...
Sure there is, always has been: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008

edit in response to post below: there really is a Mint-specific style guide? wow

Does Mint use the PEP8 style or something else? I'm confused...
I did fetch the pep8 package and am looking at what it offers.

Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan