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+# Cerc Python Style Guide
+## What's coding style and why it matters.
+
+Coding style is just how the code looks, it's incredibly personal, and everyone has their style. 
+
+Your preferred architectures, variable and function naming style all of then impacts in your code style and how the others read and understand it, so it could become a significant burden if everyone is coding on his or her own.
+
+At CERC, we are following the [PEP8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) with two spaces indentation instead of four.
+
+## Tools.
+
+We use [PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) as an integrated development environment and follow the tool's overall advice but the space indentation, which we set to two spaces instead of default four spaces.
+
+For code analysis, we enforce the usage of [pylint](https://www.pylint.org/) with our own [custom style definition](pylintrc). This file will be downloaded with the project the first time you clone it.
+
+## Naming convention.
+
+* Name your folders and files in lowercase and use _ (underscore) to separate words.
+* Your class names must start in capital letters and follow the python CapWords pattern. 
+* Methods and properties that return lists must end in "s". Therefore, those that return single values, must be singular.
+* Methods and variables should be lowercase and use _ (underscore) as a word separator.
+* Constant names must be all capitals.
+* Avoid the usage of "get_" and "set_" methods whenever it is possible, use @property and @variable.setter decorators instead.
+* "Private" methods, variables and properties start with _ (underscore).
+
+## Imports.
+Place your imports at the top of the file, after the license and contact information 
+comment.
+
+```python
+"""
+MyClass module
+SPDX - License - Identifier: LGPL - 3.0 - or -later
+Copyright © 2022 Concordia CERC group
+Project Coder name name@concordia.ca
+"""
+
+import sys
+```
+
+Ensure that your imports are used and remove any unused.
+
+
+## Object attributes and methods.
+
+Use properties whenever it is possible. Encapsulate the access to all the calculated object attributes to avoid recalculating each time the property is called.
+
+```python
+
+  @property
+  def object_attribute(self):
+    if self._object_attribute is None:
+      self._object_attribute = ...
+      ...
+    return self._object_attribute        
+
+```
+
+And like in the following example for read and write properties:
+
+```python
+
+  @property
+  def object_changeable_attribute(self):    
+    return self._object_changeable_attribute       
+    
+  @object_changeable_attribute.setter
+  def object_changeable_attribute(self, value):
+    self._object_changeable_attribute = value
+
+```
+
+If your method or attribute returns a complex object, use type hints as in this example:
+
+```python
+
+  @property
+  def complex_object(self) -> ComplexObject:    
+    return self._object_changeable_attribute       
+    
+  def new_complex_object(self, first_param, second_param) -> ComplexObject:
+    other_needed_property = self.other_needed_property
+    return ComplexObject(first_param, second_param, other_needed_property)
+
+```
+
+Always access your variable through the method and avoid to access directly.
+
+```python
+
+  @property
+  def object_attribute(self):    
+    return self._object_attribute       
+    
+  def operation(self, first_param, second_param):
+    return self.object_attribute * 2
+
+``` 
+
+### Comments.
+
+#### Code documentation. 
+
+All public classes, properties, and methods must have code comments. Code comments start with capital letters and end without period:
+
+```python
+
+  class MyClass
+  """
+  MyClass class perform models class operations
+  """
+  
+  def __init__(self):
+  
+  
+  @property
+  def object_attribute(self):   
+    """
+    Get my class object attribute
+    :return: int
+    """
+    return self._object_attribute       
+    
+  def operation(self, first_param, second_param):
+    """
+    Multiplies object_attribute by two
+    :return: int
+    """
+    return self.object_attribute * 2
+
+``` 
+
+Comments at getters and setters always start with Get and Set, and identity the type of variable at return (at getter) or the value (at setter):
+
+```python
+
+  @property
+  def object_attribute(self):   
+    """
+    Get object attribute
+    :return: int
+    """
+    return self._object_attribute       
+      
+  @object_attribute.setter
+  def object_attribute(self, value):
+    """
+    Set object attribute
+    :param value: int
+    """
+    self._object_attribute = value
+
+``` 
+
+Attributes with known units should be explicit in method's comment.
+
+```python
+
+  @property
+  def distance(self):    
+    """
+    My class distance in meters
+    :return: float
+    """
+    return self._distance    
+``` 
+
+#### To do's.
+
+Pending to implement operations should be indicated with todo comments to highlight the missing functionality.
+
+```python
+  # todo: right now extracted at the city level, in the future should be extracted also at building level if exist
+```
+