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Learn Python Programming, 3rd edition

You're reading from   Learn Python Programming, 3rd edition An in-depth introduction to the fundamentals of Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801815093
Length 554 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Heinrich Kruger Heinrich Kruger
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Fabrizio Romano Fabrizio Romano
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. A Gentle Introduction to Python 2. Built-In Data Types FREE CHAPTER 3. Conditionals and Iteration 4. Functions, the Building Blocks of Code 5. Comprehensions and Generators 6. OOP, Decorators, and Iterators 7. Exceptions and Context Managers 8. Files and Data Persistence 9. Cryptography and Tokens 10. Testing 11. Debugging and Profiling 12. GUIs and Scripting 13. Data Science in Brief 14. Introduction to API Development 15. Packaging Python Applications 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Python's execution model

In this section, we would like to introduce you to some important concepts, such as scope, names, and namespaces. You can read all about Python's execution model in the official language reference (https://docs.python.org/3/reference/executionmodel.html), of course, but we would argue that it is quite technical and abstract, so let us give you a less formal explanation first.

Names and namespaces

Say you are looking for a book, so you go to the library and ask someone to obtain this. They tell you something like Second Floor, Section X, Row Three. So, you go up the stairs, look for Section X, and so on. It would be very different to enter a library where all the books are piled together in random order in one big room. No floors, no sections, no rows, no order. Fetching a book would be extremely hard.

When we write code, we have the same issue: we have to try and organize it so that it will be easy for someone who has no prior knowledge...

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