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Expert Python Programming - Third Edition

By : Michał Jaworski, Tarek Ziadé
Book Image

Expert Python Programming - Third Edition

By: Michał Jaworski, Tarek Ziadé

Overview of this book

Python is a dynamic programming language that's used in a wide range of domains thanks to its simple yet powerful nature. Although writing Python code is easy, making it readable, reusable, and easy to maintain is challenging. Complete with best practices, useful tools, and standards implemented by professional Python developers, the third edition of Expert Python Programming will help you overcome this challenge. The book will start by taking you through the new features in Python 3.7. You'll then learn the advanced components of Python syntax, in addition to understanding how to apply concepts of various programming paradigms, including object-oriented programming, functional programming, and event-driven programming. This book will also guide you through learning the naming best practices, writing your own distributable Python packages, and getting up to speed with automated ways to deploy your software on remote servers. You’ll discover how to create useful Python extensions with C, C++, Cython, and CFFI. Furthermore, studying about code management tools, writing clear documentation, and exploring test-driven development will help you write clean code. By the end of the book, you will have become an expert in writing efficient and maintainable Python code.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Before You Start
4
Section 2: Python Craftsmanship
12
Section 3: Quality over Quantity
16
Section 4: Need for Speed
20
Section 5: Technical Architecture
23
reStructuredText Primer

Writing a Package

This chapter focuses on a repeatable process of writing and releasing Python packages. We will see how to shorten the time needed to set up everything before starting the real work. We will also learn how to provide a standardized way to write packages and ease the use of a test-driven development approach. We will finally learn how to facilitate the release process.

It is organized into the following four parts:

  • A common pattern for all packages that describes the similarities between all Python packages, and how distutils and setuptools play a central role the packaging process.
  • What are namespace packages and why they can be useful?
  • How to register and upload packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) with emphasis on security and common pitfalls.
  • The standalone executables as an alternative way to package and distribute Python applications.

In this chapter...