What this book covers

Chapter 1, Cython Won't Bite, introduces core concepts and demonstrates Cython "Hello World". It discusses the typing and type conversion.

Chapter 2, Understanding Cython, acts as a reference throughout the book. We look at custom C types and function pointers. Using this, we will successfully use Python modules directly from C code.

Chapter 3, Extending Applications, uses everything from the previous chapters to write native Tmux commands using Python instead of C/C++.

Chapter 4, Debugging Cython, uses the cygdb wrapper over gdb to debug Cython code.

Chapter 5, Advanced Cython, introduces how well Cython can work with C++ classes and templates. In general, it also covers caveats in Cython.

Chapter 6, Further Reading, briefly looks at the related projects and interesting sources of new learning.