In this chapter, we briefly covered the changing programming landscape and explored how the Python ecosystem has changed over the years. We looked at how Python, given the fact that it allows quick prototyping, and has a vast array of well-supported libraries and an open community, is quickly rising to become the main choice for the development of large-scale applications in enterprises that require long-term support and easy integration with existing systems.
We then went on to introduce the demo application, BugZot, that we will be building throughout the course of this book, and defined the functionalities that will be required from the application.
The last section of the chapter covered the requirement-gathering process for developing an enterprise application in a brief, looking at the different stakeholders, such as the hands-on users and the management users, and categorizing the requirements into functional and nonfunctional requirements. We also looked at the importance of prioritizing the requirements.
With the basic knowledge of the environment with which we are going to work on during the course of the book, we are now ready to take a deep dive into the first important aspect of the Enterprise application development which deals with how we layout the code base of our application in production which involves, how a particular set of objects are created and utilized in the application while focusing on the increased re-usability of the modules. The next chapter focuses on this important aspect which is also known as the Design patterns and cover the different types of patterns and how they can be used during the development of your application.
