Do and Dont

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• Don’t write to disk ever.
• Don’t use custom stats and logs, use getModel
• Do use Pep-8 (as much as reasonable)
• Do use a real editor
• Do ask lots of questions
• Do write clean code
  • easy logic. Ideally code calls well-named functions less than 5 lines and has complete test coverage
  • easy to read (PEP8 -- follows Python naming conventions, <90 chars, etc)
• Don’t have your code littered with comments and old code, GIT loves you
• Do commit a lot
• Do be careful about imports, only use them where necessary. You can import in functions.
• Don’t reinvent the wheel. You never need to write a regexp parser unless you are Daniel Ross.
• Don’t blame the verifier. It has the worst error messages but I guarantee you it’s your fault.