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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

3.3 Deliverables

This project has the following deliverables:

  • Documentation in the docs folder.

  • Acceptance tests in the tests/features and tests/steps folders.

  • Unit tests for model module classes in the tests folder.

  • Mock objects for the csv_extract module tests will be part of the unit tests.

  • Unit tests for the csv_extract module components in the tests folder.

  • Application to acquire data from a CSV file in the src folder.

An easy way to start is by cloning the project zero directory to start this project. Be sure to update the pyproject.toml and README.md when cloning; the author has often been confused by out-of-date copies of old projects’ metadata.

We’ll look at a few of these deliverables in a little more detail. We’ll start with some suggestions for creating the acceptance tests.

3.3.1 Acceptance tests

The acceptance tests need to describe the overall application’s behavior from the user’s point of view. The scenarios will follow the UX...