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Mastering Python 2E

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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

Languages

Python

Tools

Dask

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Rick Hattem

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

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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Authors (1)

Rick Hattem

Rick Hattem

Rick van Hattem is an experienced programmer, entrepreneur, Stack Overflow veteran, and software/database architect with more than 20 years of programming experience, including 15 years with Python. He has extensive experience with high-performance architecture featuring large amounts of concurrent users and/or data. Rick has founded several start-ups and has consulted many companies, including a few Y Combinator start-ups and several large businesses

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