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Mastering Python

You're reading from   Mastering Python Master the art of writing beautiful and powerful Python by using all of the features that Python 3.5 offers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785289729
Length 486 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started – One Environment per Project FREE CHAPTER 2. Pythonic Syntax, Common Pitfalls, and Style Guide 3. Containers and Collections – Storing Data the Right Way 4. Functional Programming – Readability Versus Brevity 5. Decorators – Enabling Code Reuse by Decorating 6. Generators and Coroutines – Infinity, One Step at a Time 7. Async IO – Multithreading without Threads 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. Multiprocessing – When a Single CPU Core Is Not Enough 14. Extensions in C/C++, System Calls, and C/C++ Libraries 15. Packaging – Creating Your Own Libraries or Applications Index

Summary

This chapter showed us how to write doctests, make use of the shortcuts provided by py.test, and use the logging module. With testing, there is never a one-size-fits-all solution. While the doctest system is very useful in many cases for providing both documentation and tests at the same time, in many functions, there are edge cases that simply don't matter for documentation, but still need to be tested. This is where regular unit tests come in and where py.test helps a lot.

Because the py.test library is always evolving, this chapter cannot fully cover everything you will need, but it should provide you with enough of a basis to be able to use it effectively and extend it where needed.

The logging module is extremely useful but it's also a pain if configured incorrectly. Unfortunately, the right configuration can be a bit obscure when multiple modules are trying to configure logging simultaneously. The usage of the logging system should be clear enough for most of the common...

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