But there’s really no way around Tim Peters’ Zen of python. I guess that everyone who like to learn Python language must have benefited from revisiting it over the years, and I think Tim’s words made every programmer a better coder. Hopefully they can do the same for you.
Also, you can tell the Zen of Python is a big deal because it’s included as an Easter egg in the language. Just enter a Python interpreter session and run the following:
>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you’re Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than right now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea – let’s do more of those!
