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Clean Code in Python

By : Mariano Anaya

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Clean Code in Python

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By: Mariano Anaya

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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.

Preface

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Introduction, Code Formatting, and Tools

The meaning of clean code

The importance of having clean code

Docstrings and annotations

Summary

Pythonic Code

Indexes and slices

Context managers

Properties, attributes, and different types of methods for objects

Iterable objects

Container objects

Dynamic attributes for objects

Callable objects

Summary of magic methods

Caveats in Python

Summary

References

General Traits of Good Code

Design by contract

Defensive programming

Separation of concerns

Acronyms to live by

Composition and inheritance

Arguments in functions and methods

Final remarks on good practices for software design

Summary

References

The SOLID Principles

Single responsibility principle

The open/closed principle

Liskov's substitution principle

Interface segregation

Dependency inversion

Summary

References

Using Decorators to Improve Our Code

What are decorators in Python?

Effective decorators – avoiding common mistakes

The DRY principle with decorators

Decorators and separation of concerns

Analyzing good decorators

Summary

References

Getting More Out of Our Objects with Descriptors

A first look at descriptors

Types of descriptors

Descriptors in action

Analysis of descriptors

Summary

References

Using Generators

Technical requirements

Creating generators

Iterating idiomatically

Coroutines

Asynchronous programming

Summary

References

Unit Testing and Refactoring

Design principles and unit testing

Frameworks and tools for testing

Refactoring

More about unit testing

A brief introduction to test-driven development

Summary

References

Common Design Patterns

Considerations for design patterns in Python

Design patterns in action

The null object pattern

Final thoughts about design patterns

Summary

References

Clean Architecture

From clean code to clean architecture

Software components

Use case

Summary

References

Summing it all up

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Unit Testing and Refactoring

The ideas explored in this chapter are fundamental pillars in the global context of the book, because of their importance towards our ultimate goal: to write better and more maintainable software.

Unit tests (and any form of automatic tests, for that matter) are critical to software maintainability, and therefore are something that cannot be missing from any quality project. It is for that reason that this chapter is dedicated exclusively to aspects of automated testing as a key strategy, to safely modify the code, and iterate over it, in incrementally better versions.

After this chapter, we will have gained more insight into the following:

Why automated tests are critical for projects that run under an agile software development methodology
How unit tests work as a heuristic of the quality of the code
What frameworks and tools are available to develop...