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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

4.4 Extras

Here are some ideas for you to add to these projects.

4.4.1 Locate more JSON-format data

A search of Kaggle will turn up some other interesting data sets in JSON format.

One of these is a JSON download. The other two are ZIP archives that contain JSON-format content.

This will require revising the application’s architecture to extract the JSON format data instead of CSV format data.

An interesting complication here is the distinction between CSV data and JSON data:

  • CSV data is pure text, and later conversions are required to make useful Python objects.

  • Some JSON data is converted to Python objects by the parser. Some data (like datestamps) will be left as text.

At acquisition time, this doesn’...