Hello all, My name is Oscar J. and I have been around for a couple of weeks. First of all, I should say I am not a "professional" programmer; I only like to write small pieces of code to help me with my daily tasks (nothing fancy, some functions and maybe a couple of txt files), but just like a hobby.

Trying to improve the quality of my code, I have been looking for some advice (articles, books, web sites) regarding the way you should start a new project. So far I have found this:

• Planning the project (actors, actions, interface,etc... also schedule, prepare the documentation)
• Preparing the test (black box and glass test)
• Writing the code (Classes, functions, exceptions)
• Running the test
• Re-factoring
• Checking complexity
• Repeat the last three steps
• Done!

I would like to know if you think this is a convenient way to work on projects (once again, considering this is my hobby) or what steps would you add/remove from my list.

I would also appreciate some books (I have been checking "Think Python","Dive into python" and "Apprendre Python 3.5".

Thanks a lot, Best regards