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Modular Programming with Python

You're reading from   Modular Programming with Python Introducing modular techniques for building sophisticated programs using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884481
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Erik Westra Erik Westra
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Modular Programming 2. Writing Your First Modular Program FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Modules and Packages 4. Using Modules for Real-World Programming 5. Working with Module Patterns 6. Creating Reusable Modules 7. Advanced Module Techniques 8. Testing and Deploying Modules 9. Modular Programming as a Foundation for Good Programming Technique Index

The fly in the ointment – changing requirements


Of course, nothing is ever really finished. Let's pretend that you wrote the Charter library and have been busily extending it for several months, adding more data series types and lots of options. The library is being used in several big projects for your company, the output looks fantastic, and everyone seems to be very happy with it—until the day that your boss comes in and says, "It's too fuzzy. Can you take the fuzziness away?"

You ask what he means, and he says that he's been printing the charts out on a high-resolution laser printer. The results aren't good enough for him to use in his company reports. He takes a printout and points to the heading. Looking closely, you can see what he means:

Sure enough, the text is pixelated, and even the lines look a bit jagged when printed at high resolution. You try increasing the size of the generated chart, but it still doesn't look good enough—and when you try increasing the size to match the 1...

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