Listen "156: Flake8: Python linting framework with Pyflakes, pycodestyle, McCabe, and more - Anthony Sottile"
Episode Synopsis
Flake8 is a command-line tool for linting Python projects. By default, it includes lint checks provided Pyflakes, pycodestyle, and McCabe It's also a platform, and allows plugins to extend the checks. Flake8 will run third-party extensions if they are found and installed.But what does all of that mean?Anthony Sottile is a maintainer of flake8 and has kindly offered to explain it to us.Links:Flake8: Your Tool For Style Guide Enforcementpyflakespycodestylemccabepyflakes/messages.pyflake8 Error / Violation Codeswemake-python-styleguideflake8-typing-importstox automation projectNoxpre-commit
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