Pylint
Developer(s)Sylvain Thénault (Logilab S.A.)[1][2]
Initial release2001 (2001)
Stable release
3.0.3[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 11 December 2023
Repository
Written inPython
LicenseGeneral Public License
Websitepylint.pycqa.org

Pylint is a static code analysis tool for the Python programming language. It is named following a common convention in Python of a "py" prefix, and a nod to the C programming lint program. It follows the style recommended by PEP 8, the Python style guide.[4] It is similar to Pychecker and Pyflakes, but includes the following features:

  • Checking the length of each line
  • Checking that variable names are well-formed according to the project's coding standard
  • Checking that declared interfaces are truly implemented.[5]

It is also equipped with the Pyreverse module that allows UML diagrams to be generated from Python code.

It can be used as a stand-alone program, but also integrates with IDEs such as Eclipse with PyDev,[6] Spyder and Visual Studio Code,[7] and editors such as Atom,[8] GNU Emacs and Vim.

It has received favourable reviews.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Pylint User Manual – Pylint 2.0.0 documentation". Docs.pylint.org. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. ↑ Tobias Macey (2015-12-12). "Episode 35 – Sylvain Thénault on ASTroid". pythonpodcast.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Release 3.0.3". 11 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "PEP 8 – Style Guide for Python Code". Python.org. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  5. ↑ "pylint (analyzes Python source code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality)". Logilab.org. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  6. ↑ "PyLint". Pydev.org. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  7. ↑ "Python for VSCode – Visual Studio Marketplace". Marketplace.visualstudio.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  8. ↑ "linter-pylint". Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  9. ↑ José Castro (8 January 2016). "Review of Python Static Analysis Tools – Codacy | Blog". Blog.codacy.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16. "Pylint is by far the best tool."
  10. ↑ "PyLint: Analyzing Python Code | The Mouse Vs. The Python". Blog.pythonlibrary.org. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2016-11-16. "pylint is probably the most popular".
  11. ↑ "Write Clean, Professional, Maintainable, Quality Code in Python | PyCharm Blog". Blog.jetbrains.com. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2016-11-16. "Pylint is still the definitive tool for Python code analysis".
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