Selecting Libraries to Use - Programming Tips

Libraries are bits of code that you can import into your program to allow you to focus your time and effort on solving the actual problem, rather than re-inventing the wheel. I like to select libraries by looking at whether they are good or not - and to turn this qualitative question into a quantifiable one, I look at whether the library: * is maintained * is compatible * has bloat * has a lot of dependencies * license If you like this, then feel free to hit like and subscribe as we enter into the advent series of looking at some good fun libraries for Python.