pylama VS Flake8

Pylama is a code audit tool for Python that wraps tools like Pylint, pycodestyle, PyFlakes, McCabe, and others to provide a unified interface.

Use a code linter. And potentially use black.

Use a linter like pylama

Lint your code. I recommend pylama.

Linters analyze code to detect various categories of issues like logistical issue and stylistic issues. Some popular linters are Pylint, pycodestyle, Flake8 and Pylama.

Flake8: This tool checks for style errors and simple programming mistakes.

I wouldn’t bet on this one. I know a lot of python package maintainers who would likely rather kill their project than to adapt to a standard they don’t like. For example see flake8’s stance on even supporting pyproject.toml files which have been the standard for years: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/issues/234#issuecomment-8128...

I know because I’m the one that added pyproject.toml support to mypy 3.5 years ago. Python package developers can rival Linux kernel maintainers for resistance to change.

repos: - repo: https://github.com/psf/black rev: 22.3.0 hooks: - id: black args: [--line-length=79] - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort rev: 5.10.1 hooks: - id: isort - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8 rev: 4.0.1 hooks: - id: flake8

# .pre-commit-config.yaml (28.06.2024) repos: - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks rev: v4.6.0 hooks: - id: trailing-whitespace - id: end-of-file-fixer - id: check-added-large-files - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort rev: 5.13.2 hooks: - id: isort - repo: https://github.com/psf/black rev: 24.4.2 hooks: - id: black - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8 rev: 7.1.0 hooks: - id: flake8 - repo: local hooks: - id: django-check name: Run Django Check entry: python manage.py check language: system pass_filenames: false types: [python]

Automating code checks with static code analysis allows us to enforce code styling effectively. By integrating tools into our workflow, we can identify errors at an early stage, while coding instead of blocking us at the end. For instance, flake8 checks Python code for style and errors, eslint performs similar checks for JavaScript, and prettier automatically formats code to maintain consistency.

Flake8. This library is a wrapper around pycodestyle (PEP8), pyflakes, and Ned Batchelder’s McCabe script. It is a great toolkit for checking your code base against coding style (PEP8), programming errors (like SyntaxError, NameError, etc) and to check cyclomatic complexity.

Flake8 combines the functionalities of the PyFlakes, pycodestyle, and McCabe libraries. It provides a streamlined approach to code linting by detecting coding errors, enforcing style conventions, and measuring code complexity.