Kyle R. Burton wrote:
>
> I'm entirely new to Python at this point. I realize that I can Google
> to find specific items that address or answer my questions below, what
> I'm looking for is feedback based on first hand experiences, lessons
> you've learned etc (which isn't always discernible from the web).
> E.g. for Perl, always use strict and warnings, it's worth the effort
> if stability and robustness are important.
>

A good place to start might be here:

http://ivory.idyll.org/articles/advanced-swc/

It covers a lot of the issues you're asking about. If you have specific
questions from that or on other topics, I put a copy of my python
bookmarks at this link:

http://www.khill.org/python-bookmarks.html

Let me know if you need more info or have specific questions.

- khill