should be important to you as beginning python programmer import this the zen of pythonby tim peters beautiful is better than ugly python programmers embrace the notion that code can be beautiful and elegant in programmingpeople solve problems programmers have always respected well-designedefficientand even beautiful solutions to problems as you learn more about python and use it to write more codesomeone might look over your shoulder one day and say"wowthat' some beautiful code!simple is better than complex if you have choice between simple and complex solutionand both workuse the simple solution your code will be easier to maintainand it will be easier for you and others to build on that code later on complex is better than complicated real life is messyand sometimes simple solution to problem is unattainable in that caseuse the simplest solution that works readability counts even when your code is complexaim to make it readable when you're working on project that involves complex codingfocus on writing informative comments for that code there should be one-and preferably only one --obvious way to do it if two python programmers are asked to solve the same problemthey should come up with fairly compatible solutions this is not to say there' no room for creativity in programming on the contrarybut much of programming consists of using smallcommon approaches to simple situations within largermore creative project the nuts and bolts of your programs should make sense to other python programmers now is better than never you could spend the rest of your life learning all the intricacies of python and of programming in generalbut then you' never complete any projects don' try to write perfect codewrite code that worksand then decide whether to improve your code for that project or move on to something new variables and simple data types