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Mastering Python 2E

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Last Updated in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800207721
Length 710 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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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

Index

A

abstract classes

internal workings 225-229

with collections.abc 225

Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) 73

accumulate function

intermediate results, reducing with 147

aiofiles library 455, 456

aliases 377, 378

pdb commands 378

alternative interpreters 32

bpython 33, 34

IPython 36

Jupyter 42

ptpython 35

Anaconda

using 8

Anaconda distribution 515

Anaconda Navigator 9

application binary interface (ABI) 613-615

application programming interface (API) 613-615

arbitrary expressions, f-strings 53

arguments

adding, to metaclasses 222, 223

parsing 622-624

array module

reference link 485

arrays 516

handling, with CFFI 612, 613

handling, with ctypes 607, 608

artificial intelligence (AI) 558

libraries 589

types 558

utilities 589

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) 575, 576

assertions

simplifying 317-320

assignment expressions 76

async/await statements...

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