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Formatter

Also written: code formatter, formatters

A tool like black that rewrites code's layout into one consistent style automatically.

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Formatters fix layout; linters spot likely bugs and style slips; type checkers catch mismatched types. None of them judges whether your logic is right: tests do that.

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Code style and tools · PEP 8, formatters, linters and type checkers, and how they fit together. About 35 minutes.

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PEP 8: Python's official style guide: how to name things, indent, space and lay out code.

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