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Modern Python Cookbook

You're reading from   Modern Python Cookbook 133 recipes to develop flawless and expressive programs in Python 3.8

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800207455
Length 822 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Steven F. Lott Steven F. Lott
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Numbers, Strings, and Tuples 2. Statements and Syntax FREE CHAPTER 3. Function Definitions 4. Built-In Data Structures Part 1: Lists and Sets 5. Built-In Data Structures Part 2: Dictionaries 6. User Inputs and Outputs 7. Basics of Classes and Objects 8. More Advanced Class Design 9. Functional Programming Features 10. Input/Output, Physical Format, and Logical Layout 11. Testing 12. Web Services 13. Application Integration: Configuration 14. Application Integration: Combination 15. Statistical Programming and Linear Regression 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Combining two applications into one

In the Designing scripts for composition recipe in Chapter 13, Application Integration: Configuration, we looked at a simple application that creates a collection of statistics by simulating a process. In the Using logging for control and audit output recipe in Chapter 13, Application Integration: Configuration, we looked at an application that summarizes a collection of statistics. In this recipe, we'll combine the separate simulation and summarizing applications to create a single, composite application that performs both a simulation and summarizes the resulting data.

There are several common approaches to combining multiple applications:

  • A shell script can run the simulator and then run the summary.
  • A Python program can stand in for the shell script and use the runpy module to run each program.
  • We can build a composite application from the essential components of each application.

In the Designing scripts...

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