ROrobertlagrant·Nov 28, 2022
Low dependency analysis is one of the reasons I like Flask[0].
[0] https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/main/setup.py
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2010 | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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10 sources> If you see code without empty lines separating different steps, that's pretty badly written Python.
You're describing literally all of the Python I've ever seen. Look at Flask, for example[1].
Furthermore, without brackets, adding newlines in a code block forces me to then add more newlines between blocks (which Flask also does!)
I would rather just have easy-to-scan, clear characters that demarcate a code block.
1. https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/main/src/flask/templat...
In Erg: a statically typed language that is Python compatibleFlask Has One Open GitHub Issue
1 points · Open discussionwhat, like this: https://github.com/pallets/flask/issues/4661 where he straightforwardly explains the problem, why it's complex to port the whole Flask ecosystem, offers a potential solution, and invites contribution both from the asker and invites the other person in the thread to their collaboration channel?
That was the first issue I clicked on, and if that's being rude I wish every maintainer was as rude.
In There are no open issues or pull requests on FlaskI thought you were just some disgruntled person. I clicked one of the recently closed issues at random. Oh boy. Closed without even a discussion about expected behavior and documentation, never followed up on.
https://github.com/pallets/flask/issues/4653
In There are no open issues or pull requests on FlaskI had opened issues and MRs with projects that David Lord was a maintainer (since he's been handling lots of Pallet Team's open source projects now). Wasn't very impressive with his "my way or the high way" approach.
Take a look them yourself:
https://github.com/pallets/flask/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Acl...
I am quite disgusted by his self-congratulatory tweet like that, TBH.
Those tickets that the community posts questions and asked for help, he just shut people down.
In There are no open issues or pull requests on FlaskFlask Github: https://github.com/pallets/flask
In There are no open issues or pull requests on FlaskAsk HN: How do you learn to read large code bases?
How do you guys approach the "start" of reading a code base?
I never know where to start looking, specifically if its a language i am not too familiar with i have no idea where to start and sometimes i have no idea where the program execution starts.
Is there maybe a ladder of small to large open source projects that can get you there?
For example i have no idea how to begin reading the Flask(1) open source code.
What approach can i take to get to a point where i can analyze a project like Flask and get something meaningful from it?
(1) https://github.com/pallets/flask
19 points · Open discussionBreaking change in markupsafe makes flask crash on service startup
2 points · Open discussionFlask fails after itsdangerous module’s update
5 points · Open discussion