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Python for Geeks

By : Muhammad Asif
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Python for Geeks

By: Muhammad Asif

Overview of this book

Python is a multipurpose language that can be used for multiple use cases. Python for Geeks will teach you how to advance in your career with the help of expert tips and tricks. You'll start by exploring the different ways of using Python optimally, both from the design and implementation point of view. Next, you'll understand the life cycle of a large-scale Python project. As you advance, you'll focus on different ways of creating an elegant design by modularizing a Python project and learn best practices and design patterns for using Python. You'll also discover how to scale out Python beyond a single thread and how to implement multiprocessing and multithreading in Python. In addition to this, you'll understand how you can not only use Python to deploy on a single machine but also use clusters in private as well as in public cloud computing environments. You'll then explore data processing techniques, focus on reusable, scalable data pipelines, and learn how to use these advanced techniques for network automation, serverless functions, and machine learning. Finally, you'll focus on strategizing web development design using the techniques and best practices covered in the book. By the end of this Python book, you'll be able to do some serious Python programming for large-scale complex projects.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Python, beyond the Basics
5
Section 2: Advanced Programming Concepts
9
Section 3: Scaling beyond a Single Thread
13
Section 4: Using Python for Web, Cloud, and Network Use Cases

Chapter 4: Python Libraries for Advanced Programming

In previous chapters, we have discussed different approaches to building modular and reusable programs in Python. In this chapter, we will investigate a few advanced concepts of the Python programming language such as iterators, generators, logging, and error handling. These concepts are important to write efficient and reusable code. For this chapter, we assume that you are familiar with the Python language syntax and know how to write control and loop structures.

In this chapter, we will learn how loops work in Python, how files are handled and what is the best practice to open and access files, and how to handle erroneous situations, which may be expected or unexpected. We will also investigate the logging support in Python and different ways of configuring the logging system. This chapter will also help you learn how to use the advanced libraries in Python for building complex projects.

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