refactoring - Mostly Python

terminal showing output of grep command, run against an entire directory

refactoring

grep is your friend

MP 153: If it's not already, it should be. :) Note: I will get back to the debugging series as soon as I can. Work has been busy lately, and it's much easier to write about things that are coming up in my regular work at the

excerpt from Django app packaging tutorial titled "Choosing a name for your app"

refactoring

(Re)naming things is hard

MP 133: Naming things is hard, but renaming things can be even harder. I've been steadily working through the remaining issues that should be closed before the 1.0 release of django-simple-deploy. One of the last things to address involves reconsidering a name that's used throughout

refactoring

Using `any()`

MP 132: It's a simple built-in function, but using it isn't as straightforward as it might seem. A task that's come up repeatedly in my programming work involves looking through a collection of values, and taking an action if a specific item appears anywhere

sign reading "Mt Washington summit", covered in ice that's frozen in a sideways orientation from strong winds

real-world projects

Checking for attributes

MP 128: Sometimes a try-except block isn't the best approach for handling missing attributes. In Python it's often reasonable to try doing something, and then respond appropriately if that action doesn't work. This is the "ask for forgiveness rather than asking for permission&

Shows three lines commented out in the middle of a 500+ line file.

Git

Cleaning up a long series of commits

MP 127: How do you make sure you've cleaned up all your diagnostic code? I've been doing a bunch of refactoring work on a moderately sized project recently. I'm always looking for ways to work more efficiently, and use tools like Git better. It&