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Expert Python Programming: Become a master in Python by learning coding best practices and advanced programming concepts in Python 3.7 , Third Edition

Michał Jaworski

Ziadé

$9.99 ~~$29.99~~

3 (2 Ratings)

eBook Apr 2019 646 pages 3rd Edition

Michał Jaworski

Ziadé

$9.99 ~~$29.99~~

3 (2 Ratings)

eBook Apr 2019 646 pages 3rd Edition

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Key benefits

Create manageable code that can run in various environments with different sets of dependencies
Implement effective Python data structures and algorithms to write optimized code
Discover the exciting new features of Python 3.7

Description

Python is a dynamic programming language that's used in a wide range of domains thanks to its simple yet powerful nature. Although writing Python code is easy, making it readable, reusable, and easy to maintain is challenging. Complete with best practices, useful tools, and standards implemented by professional Python developers, the third edition of Expert Python Programming will help you overcome this challenge. The book will start by taking you through the new features in Python 3.7. You'll then learn the advanced components of Python syntax, in addition to understanding how to apply concepts of various programming paradigms, including object-oriented programming, functional programming, and event-driven programming. This book will also guide you through learning the naming best practices, writing your own distributable Python packages, and getting up to speed with automated ways to deploy your software on remote servers. You’ll discover how to create useful Python extensions with C, C++, Cython, and CFFI. Furthermore, studying about code management tools, writing clear documentation, and exploring test-driven development will help you write clean code. By the end of the book, you will have become an expert in writing efficient and maintainable Python code.

Who is this book for?

This book will appeal to you if you’re a programmer looking to take your Python knowledge to the next level by writing efficient code and learning the latest features of version 3.7 and above.

What you will learn

Explore modern ways of setting up repeatable and consistent development environments
Package Python code effectively for community and production use
Learn modern syntax elements of Python programming such as f-strings, enums, and lambda functions
Demystify metaprogramming in Python with metaclasses
Write concurrent code in Python
Extend and integrate Python with code written in different languages

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Publication date : Apr 30, 2019

Length: 646 pages

Edition : 3rd

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789806779

Category :

Programming

Languages :

Python

Concepts :

Programming Language

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24 Chapters

Section 1: Before You Start

Current Status of Python

Technical requirements

Where are we now and where we are going to?

Why and how Python changes

Being up-to-date with changes by following PEP documents

Python 3 adoption at the time of writing this book

The main differences between Python 3 and Python 2

Not only CPython

Useful resources

Summary

Modern Python Development Environments

Technical requirements

Installing additional Python packages using pip

Isolating the runtime environment

Python's venv

System-level environment isolation

Popular productivity tools

Summary

Section 2: Python Craftsmanship

Modern Syntax Elements - Below the Class Level

Technical requirements

Python's built-in types

Supplemental data types and containers

Advanced syntax

Functional-style features of Python

Function and variable annotations

Other syntax elements you may not know of yet

Summary

Modern Syntax Elements - Above the Class Level

Technical requirements

The protocols of the Python language – dunder methods and attributes

Reducing boilerplate with data classes

Subclassing built-in types

MRO and accessing methods from superclasses

Advanced attribute access patterns

Summary

Elements of Metaprogramming

Technical requirements

What is metaprogramming?

Summary

Choosing Good Names

Technical requirements

PEP 8 and naming best practices

Naming styles

The naming guide

Best practices for arguments

Class names

Module and package names

Useful tools

Summary

Writing a Package

Technical requirements

Creating a package

Namespace packages

Uploading a package

Standalone executables

Summary

Deploying the Code

Technical requirements

The Twelve-Factor App

Various approaches to deployment automation

Your own package index or index mirror

Common conventions and practices

Code instrumentation and monitoring

Summary

Python Extensions in Other Languages

Technical requirements

Differentiating between the C and C++ languages

The need to use extensions

Writing extensions

Challenges with using extensions

Interfacing with dynamic libraries without extensions

Summary

Section 3: Quality over Quantity

Managing Code

Technical requirements

Working with a version control system

Setting up continuous development processes

Summary

Documenting Your Project

Technical requirements

The seven rules of technical writing

Documentation as code

Documenting web APIs

Building a well-organized documentation system

Summary

Test-Driven Development

Technical requirements

I don't test

I do test

Summary

Section 4: Need for Speed

Optimization - Principles and Profiling Techniques

Technical requirements

The three rules of optimization

Optimization strategy

Finding bottlenecks

Summary

Optimization - Some Powerful Techniques

Technical requirements

Defining complexity

Reducing complexity by choosing proper data structures

Using collections

Using architectural trade-offs

Caching

Summary

Concurrency

Technical requirements

Why concurrency?

Multithreading

Multiprocessing

Asynchronous programming

Summary

Section 5: Technical Architecture

Event-Driven and Signal Programming

Technical requirements

What exactly is event-driven programming?

Various styles of event-driven programming

Event-driven architectures

Summary

Useful Design Patterns

Technical requirements

reStructuredText Primer

reStructuredText

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Jerome Lanteri May 12, 2020

Surround good practices and great 3rd party Python packages to be used for build applications.It will not show you all that you can do with each, but is informative and will increase your knowledge around Python practice.It is also not the first book to read to learn Python, but if you know to program with any other languages, it's fine.I consider this book to be a medium level step Python book to read. You will not loose you time and it can stay a reference.I make 4 stars and not 5, because I would like, for each use case, more content.

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Cristian Scutaru Feb 13, 2020

I know, the software development process itself is complex, and we should not expect it explained in just a few pages. However, books about advanced/expert/professional programming should at least try to structure everything in a better manner, avoid repetition, pass simple messages and help us understand faster the underlying complexity.This book seems to me hard to follow, as there is too much unnecessary detail at some point, and we miss the essential. Most chapters are bloated and the explanations not clear enough.

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About the authors

Michał Jaworski

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Ziadé

Tarek Ziadé is a Software Engineer, located in Burgundy, France. He works at Elastic, building tools for developers. Before Elastic, he worked at Mozilla for 10 years. Tarek founded a French Python User group called Afpy. He has written several articles on the Python programming language for various magazines and also a few books in French and English.

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