I'm a beginner and am self taught and was hoping I could get help from others more educated than me to show me what bad practices I might be forming before I go on further.P.S. This program is just for me to learn, I'm not actually storing passwords with it.#!/usr/bin/env python# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-import sysdef openPassFile():    try:        passwordFile = open('hashwork.txt', 'a')        return passwordFile    except IOError as e:        print(I/O Error({0}): {1}.format(e.errno, e.strerror))        quitdef closePassFile(passwordFile):    try:        passwordFile.close()    except IOError as e:        print(I/O Error({0}): {1}.format(e.errno, e.strerror))        quitdef randomValue(length):    import random    salt_chars = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'    return ''.join(random.choice(salt_chars) for x in range(length))def askforUsername():    while True:        print(Please enter the username you would like to use:)        username = raw_input()        return usernamedef askforPassword():    import getpass, hashlib    while True:        print(What password would you like to create?)        salt = randomValue(16)        hashedPassword1 = hashlib.sha256(salt+getpass.getpass()).hexdigest()        print(\nPlease enter password again.)        hashedPassword2 = hashlib.sha256(salt+getpass.getpass()).hexdigest()        if hashedPassword1 == hashedPassword2:            return hashedPassword2, salt            break        else:            print(Your passwords do not match. Please retry)def storeInfo(username, hashedPass, salt):    passwordFile = openPassFile()    passwordFile.write(username +  |  + hashedPass +  |  + salt + \n)    closePassFile(passwordFile)username = askforUsername()         hashedPass, salt = askforPassword()storeInfo(username, hashedPass, salt)sys.exit()
Storing hashed passwords
python;beginner;python 2.7;security