Here are two interesting articles that will shed some light on the Python Best Practices
http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html
http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2010/02/26/best-practices/
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
Let me see if I can summarize it in the future post.
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