Writing Beautiful Pythonic Code With PEP 8 – Real Python

How to Write Beautiful Python Code With PEP 8

Writing Beautiful Pythonic Code With PEP 8

Joe Tatusko 13 Lessons 1h 11m intermediate best-practices

Learn how to write high-quality, readable code by using the Python style guidelines laid out in Python’s official “PEP 8” code style guide. Following these guidelines helps you make a great impression when sharing your work with potential employers and collaborators.

This course outlines the key guidelines laid out in PEP 8. It’s aimed at beginner to intermediate programmers.

What’s Included:

13 Lessons
Video Subtitles and Full Transcripts
Accompanying Text-Based Tutorial
Interactive Quiz to Check Your Progress
3 Hands-On Coding Exercises
Q&A With Python Experts: Ask a Question
Certificate of Completion

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Writing Beautiful Python Code With PEP 8

13 Lessons 1h 11m

1. What PEP 8 Is and Why You Need It01:57

2. Python Naming Conventions04:38

3. Exercise: Name Constants the PEP 8 Way08:00

4. Beautiful Python Code Layout05:23

5. Getting Python Code Indentation Right04:15

6. Formatting Python Comments04:40

7. Exercise: Document Your Code With Docstrings08:00

8. Whitespace in Expressions and Statements07:01

9. Do's and Dont's: Python Programming Recommendations05:10

10. Exercise: Check None and Emptiness the Pythonic Way08:00

11. Using Linters for Better Code05:24

12. Writing Beautiful Pythonic Code With PEP 8 (Quiz)08:00

13. Writing Beautiful Pythonic Code With PEP 8 (Summary)00:37

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About Joe Tatusko

Joe is a manufacturing engineer turned Pythonista with interests in data wrangling and visualization.

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Participant Comments

goncaloccoutinho

Very informative course, thanks!

xiliang

Very helpful. I have coding in Python as a data scientist for 2 years and I just realized I have never followed the PEP8 guideline. Shame on me! Keep up the good work.

Stephen Paden

This was fantastic, and normally something I wouldn’t have looked at. This was extremely valuable.

arnautovdmitry2015

Thank you, Joe, for this nice course. It was very helpful.

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