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Learning Python Application Development

By : Ninad Sathaye
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Learning Python Application Development

By: Ninad Sathaye

Overview of this book

Python is one of the most widely used dynamic programming languages, supported by a rich set of libraries and frameworks that enable rapid development. But fast paced development often comes with its own baggage that could bring down the quality, performance, and extensibility of an application. This book will show you ways to handle such problems and write better Python applications. From the basics of simple command-line applications, develop your skills all the way to designing efficient and advanced Python apps. Guided by a light-hearted fantasy learning theme, overcome the real-world problems of complex Python development with practical solutions. Beginning with a focus on robustness, packaging, and releasing application code, you’ll move on to focus on improving application lifetime by making code extensible, reusable, and readable. Get to grips with Python refactoring, design patterns and best practices. Techniques to identify the bottlenecks and improve performance are covered in a series of chapters devoted to performance, before closing with a look at developing Python GUIs.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning Python Application Development
Credits
Disclaimers
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Important housekeeping notes


Before diving into the rest of the chapter, let's get some housekeeping out of the way. If you haven't already, you should read the Preface, which documents most of the following things:

  • Every chapter will have its own set of Python source files. Although we will talk through most of the code, you should keep the relevant files at hand.

  • The source code can be downloaded from the Packt Publishing website. Follow the instructions mentioned in the Preface.

  • The code illustrated in this book is compatible with Python version 3.5.1. The supporting code bundles also provide files compatible with version 2.7.9.

  • As noted before, it is assumed that you are familiar with basics of the Python language and know OOP concepts.

  • The book uses a fun, text-based game theme as a vehicle to explain various application development aspects. However, the book itself is not about developing game applications!

  • The solutions to the exercises (if any) are generally not provided.

  • The book provides several external links (URLs) for further reading. Over time, some of these links might end up being broken. If that ever happens, try searching the web with appropriate search terms.