Python

Testing

• assertAlmostEqual is good to use for microsecond assertions
• test should test for what does and should happen in the logic, avoid testing that something does not happen

Methods

• aim to have either True or False explicitly returned

General

• make use of try/excepts more often so that errors can be more properly handled
• raise errors instead of returning responses with error data
• use .set over .bulk_create

Internal Methods and Variables

Some variables are functions will begin with an underscore (_function). This is to indicate that the method or variable is internal to a class or module. The following is an example of what this looks like

def my_method(self, param1, param2, **kwargs):
    def _internal_method(_param1, _param2):
        non_param_variable = False # if a variable is within the internal method we do not need to underscore it

        for _item in _param1 # if we are looping through an internal param, the loop variable should be underscored
            print(_item)

        _param2 = True