Pylint Compliance

- Modifies codebase to match conventions set by Pylint.
- Added update command to template.

applog/utils.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import yaml
 
 
 def read_logging_config(default_path="logging.yaml", env_key="LOG_CFG"):
+    """Load the logging config into memory"""
     path = default_path
     value = os.getenv(env_key, None)
     if value:
@@ -15,11 +16,11 @@ def read_logging_config(default_path="logging.yaml", env_key="LOG_CFG"):
         with open(path, "rt") as f:
             logging_config = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
         return logging_config
-    else:
-        return None
+    return None
 
 
 def setup_logging(logging_config, default_level=logging.INFO):
+    """Configure logging"""
     if logging_config:
         logging.config.dictConfig(logging_config)
     else: