Add Code Comments

Objective: Add Code Comments

Welcome to Code Cleanup: Add Comments!

Your objective in this microquest is to review your Pygame project's Python code and add clear, concise comments. These comments should explain the purpose of key functions, classes (like game entities), and complex logic within your game loop.

Adding comments is a fundamental practice for making your code understandable to others and your future self. It's a key part of good code documentation.

Check Spec: Review Existing Code

Before adding comments, let's review the current state of your main.py file.

Verification Steps:

  1. Open your main.py file.
  2. Read through the code, paying attention to functions, classes, and sections of the game loop.
  3. Identify areas where the code's purpose might not be immediately obvious without comments.

This step helps you understand where comments are most needed to meet the objective of improving code clarity.

Implement: Add Comments to main.py

Now, let's add comments to your main.py file.

Remember to explain why the code is doing something, not just what it's doing, especially for complex parts.

Step by step checklist:

  1. Add a comment at the top of the file explaining its overall purpose.
  2. Add comments to explain the purpose of any imported libraries.
  3. Add comments to explain the purpose of any constants or configuration variables.
  4. Add a docstring (multi-line comment) to each class definition explaining what the class represents.
  5. Add a docstring (multi-line comment) to each method within a class explaining its purpose, arguments, and return values (if any).
  6. Add comments to explain key sections or complex logic within the main game loop.
  7. Add comments to explain the purpose of any standalone functions.

The following documentation sections are going to be helpful:

  • Code Commenting and Documentation

Validate: Review Your Comments

With comments added, let's validate your work.

Verification Steps:

  1. Read through your main.py file again, focusing on the comments you added.
  2. Ensure the comments are clear, concise, and accurately explain the code they are associated with.
  3. Check that key functions, classes, and complex logic sections have comments.
  4. Run the game to ensure that adding comments did not introduce any syntax errors or break functionality.

Verification Results:

  • ✅ Comments added to explain file purpose.
  • ✅ Comments added for imports, constants, classes, methods, and game loop sections.
  • ✅ Comments are clear and accurate.
  • ✅ Code runs without errors. All verification steps passed!

Documentation

Documentation not available for PY-1.4-BP6.