PEP 8 and writing readable code
In this section, we'll take a quick look at how to format our code so that it'll be easy to read when we come back to it at some later date or when somebody else has to work with it. We will specifically take a look at indentation rules, the Python code style guide, and finally, the standard naming convention.
Python Enhancement Proposals or PEPs are the documents that establish standards in the Python community. Most PEPs describe new features for Python or Python's standard library, but a few of them are more nebulous. PEP 8 is one of those; it tells us what the Python community considers to be well-written, readable code.
PEP 8 â guidelines for Python code
The very first rule PEP 8 introduces is that rules/guidelines in PEP 8 should only apply when they make our code easier to read. This means we should apply PEP 8 to enhance the readability of the code and to make it less complex. For example, if we're working on a project that was already written with...
