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Expert Python Programming – Fourth Edition

You're reading from   Expert Python Programming – Fourth Edition Master Python by learning the best coding practices and advanced programming concepts

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801071109
Length 630 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Current Status of Python 2. Modern Python Development Environments 3. New Things in Python 4. Python in Comparison with Other Languages 5. Interfaces, Patterns, and Modularity FREE CHAPTER 6. Concurrency 7. Event-Driven Programming 8. Elements of Metaprogramming 9. Bridging Python with C and C++ 10. Testing and Quality Automation 11. Packaging and Distributing Python Code 12. Observing Application Behavior and Performance 13. Code Optimization 14. Other Books You May Enjoy
15. Index

What to do with Python 2

We know that Python 2 is no longer officially supported by language developers. Due to the lack of security patches, it should be considered unsafe. But is it dead yet?

Probably not. Even relatively popular open-source libraries can lose the interest of their authors and contributors over time. It also happens that some better alternatives appear, and there's simply no point in developing the original library anymore. Such libraries are often left unmaintained, so no one could update them for compatibility with Python 3.

One of the important reasons why Python 3 couldn't take off for a long time was the sluggish release processes of many Linux distributions. Distribution maintainers often aren't inclined toward the fast adoption of new language versions, especially if these versions break backward compatibility and require patches of other software. Many Python programmers are Linux users, and if they don't have access to the latest...

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