If __name__ == "__main__" for Python Developers

[@supermalavox]

I like it when youtubers describe their code(s) verbally as they go along. For a blind person such as myself, it is of great help, since screen readers normally don't speak the contents inside videos, only in their descriptions, so if you say what you are doing while you write/show the code, the explanation becomes accessible! Thanks and keep up the good work!

[@WhiteNight0204]

Please don't take this question as offensive, as I am only intrigued, but you program while being blind? Is it actually doable?

[@RAP4EVERMRC96]

@@WhiteNight0204 I am not an expert in accessibility features, but I remember from my time at apple that on a regular blind or visually impaired people would come in to give their Mac to service. They were able to fully control their computer due to the accessibility features and additionally there were experts in the store that knew how to use these features. So I guess as long as you can control a computer you can program on it.

[@supermalavox]

@@RAP4EVERMRC96, thanks for the help in replying! I will add that while blind people might not be the greatest in GUIs in terms of object positioning, colors, etc, we can definitely build working functions and even deal with oop. Also, the screen reader that comes with Linux/GNOME - Orca - and one we use on Windows - NVDA - are both programmed in python! And as far as I know, NVDA's original developer - Mick Curran - is blind. I myself am not a professional programmer, but like to learn something on Codewars, Exercism, etc.

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@@rikkilleen3169, I will consider myself an inspiration when I become more than a newbie programmer, but thanks for the motivation!

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[@PythonSimplified]

Don't worry Anthony, it doesn't mean they don't watch it, they just choose to comment on my looks instead of the content 😊 I don't really have a problem with that - I'd always take a subconscious learning process over nothing! hahahaha they don't notice but the info still sinks in 😅😅😅

[@PythonSimplified]

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[@ad.chacon]

I just clicked this video bc I started learning Python yesterday, I have never seen a if __name__ = "__main__" in my life, yet you managed to make me understand how this works and why is it this way.

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That's THE BEST explanation I've ever heard or seen in my life!!! Thank you Mariya!!! 💪😎

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I've never seen someone explained this so simply before. This video is a gem.

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I haven't heard such clear and beautiful English pronunciation in a long time

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Holy moly! Two days ago I was figuring out what this idiom was for and now you post about it, it's amazing.

[@PythonSimplified]

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[@michaeltheisen]

The example at the very end with "from import_me import call_me" that showed it running the function just because it was imported, really helped me solidify the concept. Thank you! And thank you for all your quick videos on good python habits and explanations like this. They really do help us get through some of our projects after we've been out of the game for so long.

[@EmaMazzi76]

Your lessons Mariya really worth every seconds spent…watched dozens of videos regarding this topic (if __name__ == “__main__”…) and for the very first time I understand what it does actually 😄 thank you, thank you, thank you

[@PythonSimplified]

Yeeeeeeyyy Emanuele, I'm so happy to hear that!!! 😀 For a very long time I understood the general concept, but after making this tutorial - you can wake me up in the middle of the night with a surprise quiz - and besides me being a bit grumpy I'll probably get an A+! hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 Anyhow, I really enjoyed making this one and super glad you found it useful! 😊

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I watched around 5 different videos about it but never understand it. Finally, now I get it. Thank you

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Much appreciated. I always enjoy tutorials that provide the rationale for doing something rather than just droning on about how to do something.

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This is the best explanation of this boilerplate code I had watched so far.

[@PythonSimplified]

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[@issafares1830]

I've seen many videos explaining ( if __name__=__main__) and frankly, this is the most understandable one. thanks

[@bluehawkfire55]

Jesus that was so damn clear. I actually understood it without rewinding it. The examples were so crucial and clear. Loved it!

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[@Earth-Worm-Tim]

Wow, this was the best explanation I've ever seen on this topic. I've always just understood it as a necessary block of code to ensure I didn't run the imported module(s), but never really understood what was happening in the background. Thank you for posting this video, and I have both liked the video and subscribed to the channel. Keep em' coming!

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[@PythonSimplified]

Wow, Alaa! Thank you so much for the incredible comment!!! 😀😀😀 I'm honored to have you onboard and so happy you enjoy my videos! I still have lots of things to learn, and getting feedback from professional developers with so many years of experience is one of my favourite perks in running this channel! 😉 Thanks again and I hope to see you soon in future videos! 😊

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[@arkord76]

As a C# developer I always wondered what this is all about. Thank you very much for the great explanation!

[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it 😊

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Thank you for addressing this information. I am about 20 days into my 100 days of code journey and i was wondering exactly what the __name__ module was as well as exactly what modules were. Thx - 🦋 💎🔥✍

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your explanation was quite in-depth but still easy to comprehend loved the video, thanks for such great content.

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[@bigbadcatbigbcy2933]

lol same

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I like how you slow down and try to speak as clearly as possible! Great info, thz!!

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[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you so much Diwakar! 😀

[@MrKrtek00]

This was actually way more insightful than I expected... Thanks, great explanation!

[@renatomachelett]

That was very well explained. An incredible amount of work goes into eight minutes of content when you want it to be clear and concise. I really appreciate the effort. Thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you so much for pointing it out Renato! 😀😀😀 This video was 2 weeks in the making and I kept re-filming and revising it until I was 100% happy with the results! (it happens rarely! usually I'm ok with 95% 😅 hahaha) I'm so happy you liked this tutorial and you appreciate all the hard work that was put into it! Thanks again for the incredible comment! 😊

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[@skaruts]

You did a much better job setting this straight than mCoding did. He wrongly confused the main name check as an indicator of the entry point of a program, which it outright wrong. You could find it in many files, and the entry script might not even be one of them. Because if your main file is never going to not be the main file, then it doesn't need to include the name check at all: it's always going to be called main. It seems to me many people think it's best practice to do it, but it's actually just a practice by people who don't understand when they need that name check and when they don't.

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You saved me. Now I'm able to understand the use of __name__ == "__main__"

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Are you for real? This is the best explanation out there!! Contains everything i ever wanted,why its used and what it is doing! Thanks sensei!!

[@dmuhsin]

OMG!!! I can't believe I never really understood this until now. THANK YOU for this video

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What a super wonderful and crystal clear way of explaining. :-) Thanks lot Mariya!

[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you so much Rune! I'm super happy you enjoyed this tutorial! 😃😃😃

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I have been wondering this for ages, thank you for breaking it down so simply. You are the best!!

[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you Richie! I'm super happy you found it helpful! 😀

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[@PythonSimplified]

Yeeeyyyyyy! Thank you so much for the incredible feedback, hiutale!! 😁😁😁 I always enjoy reading your comments and I'm super happy you find my videos useful! A few more Python projects to experiment with - and you'll be able to ditch the beginner status in no time 😉

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I learned a lot from this. I had seen the code described, but never fully understood. Thank you.

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This is the best explanation of if __name__ == '__main__' that I've seen to date. Thanks a lot! 🤗🤗🤗

[@xcomputations]

Now, that's what is called an "EXPLANATION" AWESOME , THANKS 😁

[@PythonSimplified]

hahaha thank you so much! Glad you liked it! 😀

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Your explanation is super great!!! I haven't anywhere seen such a great explanation, in my mind makes your teachings remember quite easy. Thank you so much and please continue making more and more videos for the world.

[@crash1013]

I leaned C a few years after it was released and then C++ to write GUI programs for Windows 3.11 on MFC 1.0. The topic of this video is the thing about all previous programming languages that I always felt was missing.You present it a very clear manner.

[@CallousCoder]

Or a good sensible syntax and entry point handling function called main, just like in C, C++, Rust 😂

[@crash1013]

@@CallousCoder main was certainly in C and well structured assembly language programs, Python rides on top of a gold mine of C libraries that do everything you need. The difference IMHO is that when you have a file based module in Python it is syntactically and semantically handled the same as any other library unit. That is my point and that is what I always missed in C. C has always given you the ability to code as callously as you wish. But you should know that. My Python program entries are always the same. Just like a well written C program What was not mentioned here if you do not structure you code like this you are running the risk that __del__ for class instances may not get called. def main(): result = 0 return result if __name__=="__main__": exit(main())

[@victormatheus2066]

So I'm learning English and Python either... but you clearified if __name__ = "__main__" in a way that I caught it ease. Of course, I'm begginer but I came here just from curiosity lol. Your speech is so great that I didn't need a CC to follow the video. You're amazing!

[@Leandrys_]

I love your speech skills. I'm not English speaker and I understood everything as you were speaking my language :| thanks

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I have to admin Mariya you're the best. I have been a developer for 25+ years and I'm trying to learn Python this late and only your tutorials make a lot of sense. I might me a Python programmer ONLY in the future if I go through all your numerous videos! Thanks Mariya.

[@angelalopez1461]

Thanks!

[@lilyempire]

Finally understood the purpose of __main__. Thanks for explaining in simple terms :)

[@thorenscientific]

Lucid explanation! I regularly refer my co-workers (and myself for that matter) to your channel.

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Girl i I'm love with your content and with python thanks to you. Nice work! You explain very well. Usually i watch in 1.5 speed but with your videos i dont even need that because you explain in the perfect speed. Keep up the awesome work!

[@Itamar960]

I have to say, the last chapter (the example) was the best presentation for this guide - now it makes sense. TNX!

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[@niranjank353]

love from india. You saved me so much time. thank you so much

[@mkhadka123]

truly amamzed by the explanation, had some idea regarding __name__ and __main__ but never knew there were so many other things to learn such as top level code and top level environment. Many thanks Mariya :)

[@brentsimpson3791]

Thank you, that's the best explanation of how this works that I've found...

[@danieltauil5457]

Wowww! Thank you very much to explain how it works! Everything makes sense now!

[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you for your comment, Daniel! Super happy to help! 😁😁😁

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i love your videos! you make things add up with just little simple code explaining every step. Not to mention your voice is addictive;)

[@PythonSimplified]

Yeeey!! Thank you so much for the awesome comment, Johnny! 😁😁😁

[@ClaudiaWick]

excellent explanation! I already tried for longtime to understand the basics of this statement, not only demonstrations of what happens with or without it. Thank you to spend more time than others to explain this for beginners: it is really helpful!

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mariya is such a talented teacher!

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prolly the best explanation I've seen

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Очень, очень качественно и классно. Смотрю по субтитрам,но нравится твой английский, хоть я его и не понимаю. Респект!

[@PythonSimplified]

большое спасибо Артём!!! 😀😀😀

[@311DaveR]

Great explanation, I had this explained to me before but it wasn’t entirely clear, and this makes it much more clear. Now I totally get it. Thanks, great resource!

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This is super easy to understand. Excellent concise explanation.

[@PythonSimplified]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! 😊😊😊

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Best explanation I have ever seen. And I have seen many.

[@PythonSimplified]

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I felt so illuminated at 7:35 LMAO. Thanks for the fantastic visual explanation!

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I actually figured that much but never bothered to actually look it up. Now I know for sure thanks

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The best explanation I ever seen so far on this topic… Thanks!!!

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[@PARTner91]

If only everyone could explain things as clearly as you do. Nice job, thank you.

[@mazenyasser7208]

I finally understand why PyQT5 includes it when converting .ui to .py, thank you.

[@ShahinHemmati2020]

Well, I think I should leave a honest review! If your video didn't have the "Why do we need to check if name == main" part, then I would have just move on and look for another resource. But thankfully the best was reserved for last and after many failed attempts to understand "If __name__ == "__main__"" concept, I can confidently say that now I do understand it. 😊 So, thank you for understanding what newbies don't understand! 🙌 👍

[@PythonSimplified]

hahaha that's awesome, Shahin!! I've had my share of reading complicated explanations on Stack Overflow (well... not exactly "complicated" but require a good understanding of technical terms such as "top level environment", "interpreter", etc.) What ended up making much more sense was surprisingly the Python documentation on the topic 🤪: docs.python.org/3/library/__main__.html I definitely recommend giving it a quick read! it will show you how the docs are sometimes better than their interpretation hahaha 😅 And thank you so much for your lovely comment, I'm super happy I was able to help! 😁😁😁

[@antdok9573]

@Ahk all the way! Reading the docs is an underrated discipline these days, at least at the language level. I dont blame people though. Ive been burned by poor docs many many times

[@bobursuyunov00]

This is the first video that I watched from your channel, and I love your teaching techniques

[@Jamaipanese]

thank you! I finally understand it simply. You do such an amazing job breaking things down without being condescending like others do.

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

So much quality in this video. Simply perfection. Even thought I know a lot about if __name__ == '__main__' I found an additional information I've never know.

[@jcmschott1895]

Amazing content! Pleeease keep it up! You built it up like a crescendo and suddenly became crystal clear why this "if __name == __main__:" stuff is so necessary.

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you are Super-Smart person with great explanation skills!