{"id":10691,"date":"2023-08-13T10:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T08:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=10691"},"modified":"2023-08-13T10:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T08:35:50","slug":"noob-or-just-oldish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2023\/08\/13\/noob-or-just-oldish\/","title":{"rendered":"Noob or “just” oldish?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Young Jedi Anmol Tomar<\/a>, your pythoninc knowledge lacks historical viewpoint. List Comprehensions were the Python Enhancement Proposals( PEP) 202<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In fact Anmol Tomar<\/a> wrote on medium.com “9 Python Mistakes That Reveal You\u2019re a Nooby! <\/a>Move away from noob status!”. Too bad he want to be read only by people in medium walled garden. The fist is readable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Neglecting Pythonic Idioms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Python has its own set of idioms and best practices that make your code more elegant and readable. A common mistake among newcomers is writing code in a non-Pythonic way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, using excessive loops when list comprehensions or generator expressions could provide a more concise solution. Embrace Pythonic idioms to improve the readability and maintainability of your code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrong<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

# Non-Pythonic way
squared_numbers = []
for i in range(1, 6):
    squared_numbers.append(i ** 2)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
In this example, using a list comprehension provides a more concise and readable solution compared to the traditional loop and append approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Correct<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
# Pythonic way
squared_numbers = [i ** 2 for i in range(1, 6)]<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Young Jedi, your pythoninc knowledge lacks historical viewpoint.  The “non python way” was the only<\/strong> pythonic way back in the 1.5.x days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Young Jedi Anmol Tomar, your pythoninc knowledge lacks historical viewpoint. List Comprehensions were the Python Enhancement Proposals( PEP) 202.<\/p>\n
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