Pylint

Pylint is a <a href="/facts/Static_code_analysis/b56nr6QM">static code analysis</a> tool for the <a href="/facts/Python_/YbuGqofa">Python programming language</a>. It is named following a common convention in Python of a "py" prefix, and a nod to the C programming <a href="/facts/Lint_(software)/Yjg4pfM5">lint</a> program. It follows the style recommended by PEP 8, the Python style guide. It is similar to Pychecker and Pyflakes, but includes the following features:

<ul><li>Checking the length of each line</li>
<li>Checking that variable names are well-formed according to the project's coding standard</li>
<li>Checking that declared interfaces are truly implemented.</li></ul>
It is also equipped with the Pyreverse module that allows <a href="/facts/Unified_Modeling_Language/3tlNS0tH">UML</a> diagrams to be generated from Python code.
It can be used as a stand-alone program, but also integrates with <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">IDEs</a> such as <a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> with <a href="/facts/PyDev/MsCp9RFF">PyDev</a>, <a href="/facts/Spyder_(software)/FeqL4hrH">Spyder</a> and <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Code/YsBDgKlK">Visual Studio Code</a>, and editors such as <a href="/facts/Atom_(text_editor)/fHN07lHW">Atom</a>, <a href="/facts/GNU_Emacs/MPxf7qRC">GNU Emacs</a> and <a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">Vim</a>.

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