Syntastic is a syntax checking plugin for vim that supports many different languages. I decided to give it a try in my current vim setup for my current projects written in python. Additionally, I decided to try out flake8, a wrapper for pyflakes, pep8 and mccabe.

Setting up flake8 is ...

I have decided to use python for my research code as I have become fed up with needing an internet connection to work with Matlab and not being able to check out a license for toolboxes I need (e.g. the statistics toolbox) right before a paper deadline. I have ...