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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

Chapter 5. Working with Module Patterns

In the previous chapters, we have looked in detail at how Python modules and packages work, and learned how you can use them in your programs. When using modular programming techniques, you will find that the ways in which modules and packages are used tend to follow standard patterns. In this chapter, we will examine a number of these common patterns for using modules and packages to deal with a range of programming challenges. In particular, we will:

  • Learn how the divide and conquer technique helps you to solve programming problems
  • See how the principle of abstraction helps you to separate what you want to do from how you do it
  • Discover how encapsulation allows you to hide the details of how information is represented from the rest of your system
  • See that wrappers are modules that call other modules to simplify or alter the way a module is used
  • Learn how to create extensible modules

Let's start by looking at the principle of divide and...

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