I'm personally a fan of conditional expressions, they're easy to read IMO as long as you're not nesting them.

For instance, I find this unnecessarily difficult to read.

>>> 0 if True else 1 if True else 2

0

But breaking it up like this keeps it reasonably concise, while retaining readability.

    if True:
        a = 0 if True else 1
    else:
        a = 2

    print(a)

They can also be combined with comprehensions, which can be useful.

>>> import random

>>> ['a' if random.choice((True, False)) else 'b' for _ in range(6)]

['a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'b']