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Expert Python Programming – Fourth Edition
Expert Python Programming – Fourth Edition

Expert Python Programming – Fourth Edition: Master Python by learning the best coding practices and advanced programming concepts , Fourth Edition

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  • Discover the new features of Python, such as dictionary merge, the zoneinfo module, and structural pattern matching
  • Create manageable code to run in various environments with different sets of dependencies
  • Implement effective Python data structures and algorithms to write, test, and optimize code

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This new edition of Expert Python Programming provides you with a thorough understanding of the process of building and maintaining Python apps. Complete with best practices, useful tools, and standards implemented by professional Python developers, this fourth edition has been extensively updated. Throughout this book, you’ll get acquainted with the latest Python improvements, syntax elements, and interesting tools to boost your development efficiency. The initial few chapters will allow experienced programmers coming from different languages to transition to the Python ecosystem. You will explore common software design patterns and various programming methodologies, such as event-driven programming, concurrency, and metaprogramming. You will also go through complex code examples and try to solve meaningful problems by bridging Python with C and C++, writing extensions that benefit from the strengths of multiple languages. Finally, you will understand the complete lifetime of any application after it goes live, including packaging and testing automation. By the end of this book, you will have gained actionable Python programming insights that will help you effectively solve challenging problems.

Who is this book for?

The Python programming book is intended for expert programmers who want to learn Python’s advanced-level concepts and latest features. Anyone who has basic Python skills should be able to follow the content of the book, although it might require some additional effort from less experienced programmers. It should also be a good introduction to Python 3.9 for those who are still a bit behind and continue to use other older versions.

What you will learn

  • Explore modern ways of setting up repeatable and consistent Python development environments
  • Effectively package Python code for community and production use
  • Learn modern syntax elements of Python programming, such as f-strings, enums, and lambda functions
  • Demystify metaprogramming in Python with metaclasses
  • Write concurrent code in Python
  • Extend and integrate Python with code written in C and C++
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Samuel de Zoete Jun 21, 2021
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There is a lot of common information on python, however this book has surprised me several times with new and important information how to work with python in a business environment. The book contains a wealth of information, to name a few proper system setup, virtual machines, new features, resources and robust programming.The book provided insights in setting up the virtual environments and separation on system level of applications. Based on this the design of the environment to develop and deploy python applications was changed. The saving in time and resources will be significant.The book is a must have for the professional python programmer. Actually, anyone using python as the main programming language should have this book on the shelf (after reading it of course ;) )
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John Kattenhorn Oct 01, 2024
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I enjoyed learning from this book, although I'm not very experienced with Python I'm a very experienced developer in other type safe and non type safe languages so I didn't find my lack of Python experience limiting as a lot of the concepts I already use and understood.That said I'd would have loved an end to end solution of a non trival application that would have shown how to apply what's taught in the book with perhaps how a larger app structure could look like.It's still a fantastic read as is, and I've learned a bunch about Python
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Sarath Jan 12, 2022
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Great in-depth implementation details with many coding examples and importantly interesting read with continuity established to proceed each of next chapter..
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R.Thompson Aug 25, 2021
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Written by experts in python programming, learn code optimization, memory profiling, resource allocation and much more.
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hawkinflight Jun 22, 2021
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The media could not be loaded. I have about two years of experience using Python, and I find this book very helpful in moving forward. The first chapter gets everyone off to a great start by sharing ideas about how to stay up-to-date with Python, as the language inevitably changes, and where to find Python community. All of the chapters are important and contain great information. I particularly like Chapter 4 which compares Python to other languages, and emphasizes that just because you might be able to write code as you would in another language, that is not necessarily the "Python way", nor the best way to do it in Python. The chapter identifies places where programmers might try things they really shouldn't. I have combined C/C++ code with Python, and so, I enjoyed reviewing the chapter which covers this topic. I closely read and enjoyed the chapter on Optimizing Code, one way of course is via choosing the best data structure. This helps the programmer learn not just what data structures are available but provides info on how data structures can impact performance. I have not had to profile code, but I think Chapter 12 would be very useful on that. I am very interested in going further and carefully reading the chapters on Interfaces, Patterns, and Modularity, on Testing and QA, as well as Concurrency, and Meta-programming. There is a lot of great material here.
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