The Zen of Python
The Zen of Python is a collection of guidelines for writing software, primarily aims towards (you guessed it) Python. It's a short list, but its worth its weight in gold. The guidelines talk about issues like code structure and how a program should look.
The Beginner's Axioms
I thought it'd be fun to make my own list, which I dub The Beginner's Axioms. Its a short list of guidelines I wish I could've handed to myself when I first started learning how to program.
- Learn slowly, forget slowly
- Writing is better than reading.
- When reading, official is better than unofficial.
- Bad code is better than no code.
- Mistakes are better than no mistakes.
- The first step to fixing a problem is admission.
- Community is better than solitude.
- Comments, comments, comments.
- Experiment, experiment, experiment.
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