You're reading from Mastering Python 2E Write powerful and efficient code using the full range of Python's capabilities

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Last Updated in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800207721

Length 710 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Dask

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Rick Hattem

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started – One Environment per Project FREE CHAPTER

2. Interactive Python Interpreters

3. Pythonic Syntax and Common Pitfalls

4. Pythonic Design Patterns

5. Functional Programming – Readability Versus Brevity

6. Decorators – Enabling Code Reuse by Decorating

7. Generators and Coroutines – Infinity, One Step at a Time

8. Metaclasses – Making Classes (Not Instances) Smarter

9. Documentation – How to Use Sphinx and reStructuredText

10. Testing and Logging – Preparing for Bugs

11. Debugging – Solving the Bugs

12. Performance – Tracking and Reducing Your Memory and CPU Usage

13. asyncio – Multithreading without Threads

14. Multiprocessing – When a Single CPU Core Is Not Enough

15. Scientific Python and Plotting

16. Artificial Intelligence

17. Extensions in C/C++, System Calls, and C/C++ Libraries

18. Packaging – Creating Your Own Libraries or Applications

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

20. Index

Summary

After reading this chapter, you should be able to create Python packages containing not only pure-Python files but also extra data, compiled C/C++ extensions, documentation, and tests. With all these tools at your disposal, you are now able to make high-quality Python packages that can easily be reused in other projects and packages.

The Python infrastructure makes it really quite easy to create new packages and split your project into multiple subprojects. This allows you to create simple and reusable packages with fewer bugs because everything is easily testable. While you shouldn’t go overboard with splitting up the packages, if a script or module has a purpose of its own then it’s a candidate for packaging separately.

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