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Packt Publishing Limited
Hattem, Rick van
Mastering Python: Write powerful and efficient code using the full range of Python's capabilities

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Publisher	Packt Publishing
ISBN 10	1800207727
Book Format	Paperback
Book Description	Use advanced features of Python to write high-quality, readable code and packagesKey Features: Extensively updated for Python 3.10 with new chapters on design patterns, scientific programming, machine learning, and interactive PythonShape your scripts using key concepts like concurrency, performance optimization, asyncio, and multiprocessingLearn how advanced Python features fit together to produce maintainable codeBook Description: Even if you find writing Python code easy, writing code that is efficient, maintainable, and reusable is not so straightforward. Many of Python's capabilities are underutilized even by more experienced programmers. Mastering Python, Second Edition is an authoritative guide to understanding advanced Python programming so you can write the highest quality code. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated with exercises and four new chapters.Revisit important basics including Pythonic style and syntax and functional programming. Avoid common mistakes made by programmers of all experience levels. Make smart decisions about the best testing and debugging tools to use, optimize your code's performance across multiple machines and Python versions, and deploy often forgotten Python features to your advantage. Get fully up to speed with asyncio and stretch the language even further by accessing C functions with simple Python calls. Finally, turn your new and improved code into packages and share them with the wider Python community.If you are a Python programmer wanting to improve your code quality and readability, this Python book will make you confident in writing high-quality scripts and taking on bigger challengesWhat You Will Learn: Write beautiful Pythonic code and avoid common Python coding mistakesApply the power of decorators, generators, coroutines, and metaclassesUse different testing systems like pytest, unittest, and doctestTrack and optimize application performance for both memory and CPU usageDebug your applications with PDB, Werkzeug, and faulthandlerImprove your performance through asyncio, multiprocessing, and distributed computingExplore popular libraries like Dask, NumPy, SciPy, pandas, TensorFlow, and scikit-learnExtend Python's capabilities with C/C++ libraries and system callsWho this book is for: This book will benefit more experienced Python programmers who wish to upskill, serving as a reference for best practices and some of the more intricate Python techniques. Even if you have been using Python for years, chances are that you haven't yet encountered every topic discussed in this book. A good understanding of Python programming is necessary
Language	English
Number of Pages	710 pages

ISBN 13	9781800207721
Author	Rick Van Hattem
Language	English
About the Author	Rick van Hattem is an experienced programmer, entrepreneur, Stack Overflow veteran, and software/database architect with more than 20 years of programming experience, including 15 years with Python. He has extensive experience with high-performance architecture featuring large amounts of concurrent users and/or data. Rick has founded several start-ups and has consulted many companies, including a few Y Combinator start-ups and several large businesses
Publication Date	20 May 2022

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