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Clean Code in Python - Second Edition

By : Mariano Anaya
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Clean Code in Python - Second Edition

By: Mariano Anaya

Overview of this book

Experienced professionals in every field face several instances of disorganization, poor readability, and testability due to unstructured code. With updated code and revised content aligned to the new features of Python 3.9, this second edition of Clean Code in Python will provide you with all the tools you need to overcome these obstacles and manage your projects successfully. The book begins by describing the basic elements of writing clean code and how it plays a key role in Python programming. You will learn about writing efficient and readable code using the Python standard library and best practices for software design. The book discusses 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 problems by implementing software design patterns in your code. In the concluding chapter, we break down a monolithic application into a microservices-based one starting from the code as the basis for a solid platform. By the end of this clean code book, you will be proficient in applying industry-approved coding practices to design clean, sustainable, and readable real-world Python code.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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From clean code to clean architecture

This section is a discussion of how concepts that were emphasized in previous chapters reappear in a slightly different shape when we consider aspects of large systems. There is an interesting resemblance to how concepts that apply to more detailed design, as well as code, also apply to large systems and architectures.

The concepts explored in previous chapters were related to single applications, generally, a project, which might be a single repository (or a few), of a source control version system (Git). This is not to say that those design ideas are only applicable to code, or that they are of no use when thinking of an architecture, for two reasons: the code is the foundation of the architecture, and, if it's not written carefully, the system will fail regardless of how well thought-out the architecture is.

Second, some principles that were covered in previous chapters do not apply only to code but are design ideas instead. The...