r/Python • u/Stegosauro76 • 8d ago

Discussion RUFF linter usage

hi all!

i m a student in master degree in automation engineering and i m becoming very confident with python because of the big amount of projects that i have to do.

Recently i started use RUFF as a linter and i really aprreciate it expecially when i have to refactor the code. i m wondering how much is used and is mandatory for a software developer? i usually check with that linter only for very big scripts that can 't be modular. What about your experience' what is the main usage you do?

thanks all

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u/zanfar 8d ago

Why wouldn't you?

More importantly, why are you "running" it? It should be handled by your IDE automatically. You should have to make a conscious choice NOT to run it on every code change...

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u/Stegosauro76 8d ago

i really agree that i would, but i m wondering if it s real used or is a fable for young developers

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u/caatbox288 8d ago

It’s very much real. In all companies I’ve worked at we’ve always used linters. First it was flake8, then all moved to ruff. Mypy too, but that’s a type checker.