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Advanced Python Programming

You're reading from   Advanced Python Programming Build high performance, concurrent, and multi-threaded apps with Python using proven design patterns

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Product type Course
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838551216
Length 672 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Quan Nguyen Quan Nguyen
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Sakis Kasampalis Sakis Kasampalis
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Dr. Gabriele Lanaro Dr. Gabriele Lanaro
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Table of Contents (41) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Benchmarking and Profiling FREE CHAPTER Pure Python Optimizations Fast Array Operations with NumPy and Pandas C Performance with Cython Exploring Compilers Implementing Concurrency Parallel Processing Advanced Introduction to Concurrent and Parallel Programming Amdahl's Law Working with Threads in Python Using the with Statement in Threads Concurrent Web Requests Working with Processes in Python Reduction Operators in Processes Concurrent Image Processing Introduction to Asynchronous Programming Implementing Asynchronous Programming in Python Building Communication Channels with asyncio Deadlocks Starvation Race Conditions The Global Interpreter Lock The Factory Pattern The Builder Pattern Other Creational Patterns The Adapter Pattern The Decorator Pattern The Bridge Pattern The Facade Pattern Other Structural Patterns The Chain of Responsibility Pattern The Command Pattern The Observer Pattern 1. Appendix 2. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Summary


A thread of execution is the smallest unit of programming commands. In computer science, multithreaded applications allow for multiple threads to exist within the same process simultaneously, in order to implement concurrency and parallelism. Multithreading provides a variety of advantages, in execution time, responsiveness, and the efficiency of resource consumption.

The threading module in Python 3, which is commonly considered superior to the old thread module, provides an efficient, powerful, and high-level API to work with threads while implementing multithreaded applications in Python, including options to spawn new threads dynamically and synchronize threads through different locking mechanisms.

Queuing and priority queuing are important data structures in the field of computer science, and they are essential concepts in concurrent and parallel programming. They allow for multithreaded applications to efficiently execute and complete their threads in an accurate manner, ensuring...

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