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Clean Code in Python

You're reading from   Clean Code in Python Develop maintainable and efficient code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800560215
Length 422 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Mariano Anaya Mariano Anaya
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction, Code Formatting, and Tools 2. Pythonic Code FREE CHAPTER 3. General Traits of Good Code 4. The SOLID Principles 5. Using Decorators to Improve Our Code 6. Getting More Out of Our Objects with Descriptors 7. Generators, Iterators, and Asynchronous Programming 8. Unit Testing and Refactoring 9. Common Design Patterns 10. Clean Architecture 11. Other Books You May Enjoy
12. Index

Final remarks on good practices for software design

Good software design involves a combination of following good practices of software engineering and taking advantage of most of the features of the language. There is great value in using everything that Python has to offer, but there is also a great risk of abusing this and trying to fit complex features into simple designs.

In addition to this general principle, it would be good to add some final recommendations.

Orthogonality in software

This word is very general and can have multiple meanings or interpretations. In math, orthogonal means that two elements are independent. If two vectors are orthogonal, their scalar product is zero. It also means they are not related at all. A change in one of them doesn't affect the other one at all. That's the way we should think about our software.

Changing a module, class, or function should have no impact on the outside world to that component that is being modified...

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