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Python Real-World Projects

By : Steven F. Lott
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Book Image

Python Real-World Projects

5 (1)
By: Steven F. Lott

Overview of this book

In today's competitive job market, a project portfolio often outshines a traditional resume. Python Real-World Projects empowers you to get to grips with crucial Python concepts while building complete modules and applications. With two dozen meticulously designed projects to explore, this book will help you showcase your Python mastery and refine your skills. Tailored for beginners with a foundational understanding of class definitions, module creation, and Python's inherent data structures, this book is your gateway to programming excellence. You’ll learn how to harness the potential of the standard library and key external projects like JupyterLab, Pydantic, pytest, and requests. You’ll also gain experience with enterprise-oriented methodologies, including unit and acceptance testing, and an agile development approach. Additionally, you’ll dive into the software development lifecycle, starting with a minimum viable product and seamlessly expanding it to add innovative features. By the end of this book, you’ll be armed with a myriad of practical Python projects and all set to accelerate your career as a Python programmer.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Index

1.2 Suggested project sprints

We hesitate to provide a detailed step-by-step process for building software. For more experienced developers, our sequence of steps may not match their current practices. For less experienced developers, the suggested process can help by providing a rational order in which the deliverables can be built.

There was a time when a ”statement of work” with a detailed list of specific tasks was a central part of a software development effort. This was often part of a ”waterfall” methodology where requirements flowed to analysts who wrote specifications that flowed down to designers who wrote high-level designs that flowed down to coders. This wasn’t a great way to build software, and has been largely supplanted by Agile methods. For more information on Agility, see https://agilemanifesto.org.

The Agile approach lets us examine a project both as a series of steps to be completed, as well as a collection of deliverables that need...