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Darren Kearney (he/him)

Most code editors will have support for Python indentation based syntax without any further configuration required. If your needs are greater then there is a rich ecosystem out there to cater for you as Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world.

Most Python projects will follow the PEP-8 coding style. Python's seemingly restrictive syntax has a great benefit; It makes looking at other peoples code easier since everyone has to use the same whitespace rules. The PEP-8 style guide allows you to quickly understand the source code of most python projects by removing coding style as a barrier.

Link for official docs for PEP-8 standard (they are kinda dry, so I recommend a tutorial instead!) - python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

All good Python programming courses deliver course content in PEP-8 coding style so you will build muscle-memory for this as a matter of course. They likely note this in the course description.

Good luck in your learning!