Nova Style Commandments ======================= Step 1: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ Step 2: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ again Step 3: Read on Imports ------- - thou shalt not import objects, only modules - thou shalt not import more than one module per line - thou shalt not make relative imports - thou shalt organize your imports according to the following template :: # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 {{stdlib imports in human alphabetical order}} \n {{nova imports in human alphabetical order}} \n \n {{begin your code}} General ------- - thou shalt put two newlines twixt toplevel code (funcs, classes, etc) - thou shalt put one newline twixt methods in classes and anywhere else - thou shalt not write "except:", use "except Exception:" at the very least - thou shalt include your name with TODOs as in "TODO(termie)" - thou shalt not name anything the same name as a builtin or reserved word - thou shalt not violate causality in our time cone, or else Human Alphabetical Order Examples --------------------------------- :: import httplib import logging import random import StringIO import time import unittest from nova import flags from nova import test from nova.auth import users from nova.endpoint import api from nova.endpoint import cloud Docstrings ---------- """A one line docstring looks like this and ends in a period.""" """A multiline docstring has a one-line summary, less than 80 characters. Then a new paragraph after a newline that explains in more detail any general information about the function, class or method. Example usages are also great to have here if it is a complex class for function. After you have finished your descriptions add an extra newline and close the quotations. When writing the docstring for a class, an extra line should be placed after the closing quotations. For more in-depth explanations for these decisions see http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/ If you are going to describe parameters and return values, use Sphinx, the appropriate syntax is as follows. :param foo: the foo parameter :param bar: the bar parameter :returns: description of the return value """