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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

You're reading from Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja Over 70 recipes that uncover powerful programming tactics in Python

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788294874

Length 380 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

CPython

Concepts

Programming Language

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Foreword

Contributors

Preface

1. Working with Python Modules FREE CHAPTER

2. Utilizing the Python Interpreter

3. Working with Decorators

4. Using Python Collections

5. Generators, Coroutines, and Parallel Processing

6. Working with Python's Math Module

7. Improving Python Performance with PyPy

8. Python Enhancement Proposals

9. Documenting with LyX

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Installing Python on Windows

Compared to *NIX computers, which come with Python installed by default, Windows OS does not include Python out of the box. However, MSI installer packages are available to install Python on a number of Windows-based environments. These installers are designed to be used by a single user, rather than all users of a particular computer. However, it is possible to configure them during installation to allow all system users of a single machine to access Python.

Getting ready

As Python contains platform-specific code for a variety of operating systems, to minimize the amount of unneeded code, Python only supports Windows OSes as long as they are supported by Microsoft; this includes extended support, so anything that has reached end of life is not supported.

As such, Windows XP and older cannot install any Python version beyond 3.4. The Python documentation still states that Windows Vista and newer can install 3.6 and later versions, but Windows Vista reached end of...

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