--- title: How to Build Good Coding Habits as a New Python Developer description: To build good coding habits as a new Python developer, follow the PEP 8 style guide, always use the newest Python version, comment your code for clarity, use... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-good-coding-habits-as-a-new-python-developer-pmafyk8qk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Build Good Coding Habits as a New Python Developer | daily.dev og:description: To build good coding habits as a new Python developer, follow the PEP 8 style guide, always use the newest Python version, comment your code for clarity, use... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-good-coding-habits-as-a-new-python-developer-pmafyk8qk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pMaFyk8QK.png og:image:alt: How to Build Good Coding Habits as a New Python Developer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Build Good Coding Habits as a New Python Developer **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 7 min read · 1113 upvotes · 33 comments ## Summary To build good coding habits as a new Python developer, follow the PEP 8 style guide, always use the newest Python version, comment your code for clarity, use linters to maintain clean code, rely on built-in functions and libraries, and fix code issues as soon as they arise. Practicing these habits will help you write more readable and efficient code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kushj** · 5 upvotes > Thanks! Key take aways for self - > 1.Follow pep -8 > 2.Use linters **@smithfamily42** · 4 upvotes > I enjoyed this piece, particularly the logging portion. Thank you for sharing! **@darwinalvarado** · 3 upvotes > Excelente artículo, felicidades **@carlson** · 2 upvotes > good thanks **@rahuldey09** · 2 upvotes > Hello friends, > I am new in Python. 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Key take aways for self -\n1.Follow pep -8\n2.Use linters","datePublished":"2024-08-31T08:05:01.419Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pMaFyk8QK#c-TOzvkQjaE","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kushank","url":"https://daily.dev/kushj","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I enjoyed this piece, particularly the logging portion. 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Need so much support for death knowledge in Python .","datePublished":"2024-09-28T08:54:19.659Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pMaFyk8QK#c-XqFSPiOwt","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rahul Dey","url":"https://daily.dev/rahuldey09","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/139034044?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```