Comments on: Ten essential Python tips for beginners

By: Frank Townsend

Frank Townsend — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:50:39 +0000

Please be careful to note both the version of
python you are using and the reasons for not using
later version such as 3.1.2 which is recommended
for new projects. I am (sob,sob) trying to work cross
platform between Windows Vista 64 bit, Mac OS X
10.4, & various Ubuntu’s using 3.1.2. It is a real
pain to read through a site such as PyGt or yours only to
realize after two days it doesn’t work with 64 bit
python 3.1.2, only 32 bit.

By: Annlat

Annlat — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:32:08 +0000

I hope we can see more high level lessons. Thank you.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:20 +0000

Some examples are quite pointless without the proper indentation.

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By: Roland

Roland — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:22:10 +0000

And let’s not forget #11: Python creates blocks of code with indentation levels, and he examples in this article have been butchered by the blog engine, so copy & paste operations will actually fail. Not important for a pythonista, but at the beginner level, this *will* trip people up!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:26:12 +0000

Your various examples have left out a crucial part of the Python language that actually should have been one of the tips:

Flow control via indentation

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:16:07 +0000

“In Python you never have to explicitly specify the data type of anything.”

Not quite right. Python requires the type to be used consistently. For example, you cannot concatenate a string with a number using a string concatenation method.