Basically, PEP8 - Max line width: 80 chars. - Use camel case for class and type names - Use underscores for functions and variables. - Use double quotes. - Use parentheses instead of '\' for line continuation where ever possible (which is pretty much everywhere) - There should be max a single new line between: - statements - functions in a class - There should be two new lines between: - definitions in a module (e.g., between different classes) - There should be spaces where spaces should be and not where there shouldn't be: - a single space after a comma - a single space before and after for '=' when used as assignment - no spaces before and after for '=' for default values and keyword arguments. Comments should follow the google code style. This is so that we can generate documentation with sphinx (http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)