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authorIsaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>2012-02-22 13:21:42 +0900
committerFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>2012-02-22 20:25:15 +0900
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+Python version and libraries
+============================
+* Python 2.6+
+ As RHEL 6 adopted python 2.6, features only for 2.7+ should be avoided.
+
+* standard library + widely used library
+ Basically widely used == OpenStack adopted
+ As usual there are exceptions. gevents. Or python binding library for other
+ component.
+
+Coding style guide
+==================
+* pep8
+ As python is used, PEP8 is would be hopefully mandatory for
+ http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
+
+* pylint
+ Although pylint is useful for finding bugs, but pylint score not very
+ important for now because we're still at early development stage.
+
+* Google python style guide is very helpful
+ http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pyguide.html
+
+ Guidelines derived from Guido's Recommendations
+
+ ============================= ================= ========
+ Type Public Internal
+ ============================= ================= ========
+ Packages lower_with_under
+ Modules lower_with_under _lower_with_under
+ Classes CapWords _CapWords
+ Exceptions CapWords
+ Functions lower_with_under() _lower_with_under()
+ Global/Class Constants CAPS_WITH_UNDER _CAPS_WITH_UNDER
+ Global/Class Variables lower_with_under _lower_with_under
+ Instance Variables lower_with_under _lower_with_under (protected) or __lower_with_under (private)
+ Method Names lower_with_under() _lower_with_under() (protected) or __lower_with_under() (private)
+ Function/Method Parameters lower_with_under
+ Local Variables lower_with_under
+ ============================= ================= ========
+
+* OpenStack Nova style guide
+ https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/HACKING.rst
+
+Reference
+=========
+* Python Essential Reference, 4th Edition [Amazon]
+ * Paperback: 717 pages
+ * Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 4 edition (July 19, 2009)
+ * Language: English
+ * ISBN-10: 0672329786
+ * ISBN-13: 978-0672329784
+
+* The Python Standard Library by Example (Developer's Library)
+ * Paperback: 1344 pages
+ * Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (June 11, 2011)
+ * Language: English
+ * ISBN-10: 0321767349
+ * ISBN-13: 978-0321767349