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Expert Python Programming

You're reading from Expert Python Programming Become a master in Python by learning coding best practices and advanced programming concepts in Python 3.7

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789808896

Length 646 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Programming Language

Authors (2):

Michał Jaworski

Tarek Ziadé

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Before You Start FREE CHAPTER

2. Current Status of Python

3. Modern Python Development Environments

4. Section 2: Python Craftsmanship

5. Modern Syntax Elements - Below the Class Level

6. Modern Syntax Elements - Above the Class Level

7. Elements of Metaprogramming

8. Choosing Good Names

9. Writing a Package

10. Deploying the Code

11. Python Extensions in Other Languages

12. Section 3: Quality over Quantity

13. Managing Code

14. Documenting Your Project

15. Test-Driven Development

16. Section 4: Need for Speed

17. Optimization - Principles and Profiling Techniques

18. Optimization - Some Powerful Techniques

19. Concurrency

20. Section 5: Technical Architecture

21. Event-Driven and Signal Programming

22. Useful Design Patterns

23. reStructuredText Primer

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24. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Authors (2)

Michał Jaworski

Michał Jaworski

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Ziadé

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Tarek Ziadé is a Software Engineer, located in Burgundy, France. He works at Elastic, building tools for developers. Before Elastic, he worked at Mozilla for 10 years. Tarek founded a French Python User group called Afpy. He has written several articles on the Python programming language for various magazines and also a few books in French and English.

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