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Clean Code in Python

By : Mariano Anaya
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Book Image

Clean Code in Python

2 (1)
By: Mariano Anaya

Overview of this book

Python is currently used in many different areas such as software construction, systems administration, and data processing. In all of these areas, experienced professionals can find examples of inefficiency, problems, and other perils, as a result of bad code. After reading this book, readers will understand these problems, and more importantly, how to correct them. The book begins by describing the basic elements of writing clean code and how it plays an important role in Python programming. You will learn about writing efficient and readable code using the Python standard library and best practices for software design. You will learn to implement the SOLID principles in Python and use decorators to improve your code. The book delves more deeply into object oriented programming in Python and shows you how to use objects with descriptors and generators. It will also show you the design principles of software testing and how to resolve software problems by implementing design patterns in your code. In the final chapter we break down a monolithic application to a microservice one, starting from the code as the basis for a solid platform. By the end of the book, you will be proficient in applying industry approved coding practices to design clean, sustainable and readable Python code.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Summing it all up

The content of the book is a reference, a possible way of implementing a software solution by following criteria. These criteria are explained through examples, and the rationale for every decision presented. The reader might very well disagree with the approach taken on the examples, and this is actually desirable: the more viewpoints, the richer the debate. But regardless of opinions, it's important to make clear that what is presented here is by no means a strong directive, something that must be followed imperatively. Quite the opposite, it's a way of presenting the reader with a solution and a set of ideas that they might find helpful.

As introduced at the beginning of the book, the goal of the book was not to give you recipes or formulas that you can apply directly, but rather to make you develop critical thinking. Idioms and syntax features come...