Bad Data Science Coding Practices

This repo contains code snippets and Powerpoint for the 7 Jun 2023 Buffalo Data Science Meetup on Bad Data Science Coding Practices. Presented by Vi Ly.

bad_practices/

Code smells and examples used for demonstration purposes in Bad Data Science Coding Practices.pdf

• dry_violations/
  • dry_bad.py: Examples of copy / paste code snippets that violate DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle
  • dry_good.py: How to refactor code smells from dry_bad.py
• self_documenting_code/
  • bad.py: Example of poorly-written non-documenting code
  • better.py: Refactor of code from bad.py so that it is self-documenting.
  • best.py: An even cleaner refactor of better.py
• version_control_by_naming/: Toy code to show how NOT to version control
• confounding_similar_names.py
• crowded_code.py
• inconsistent_naming_convention.py
• magic_number.py
• verbose_conditionals.py

python_tricks/

Various Python tidbits that have been helpful.