Complete recipes spread across 15 chapters to help you overcome
commonly faced issues by Python for everybody across the globe. Each
recipe takes a problem-solution approach to resolve for effective
Python.
Key Features
- Develop expressive and effective Python programs
- Best practices and common idioms through carefully explained recipes
- Discover new ways to apply Python for data-focused development
- Make use of Python's optional type annotations
Book Description
Python is the preferred choice of developers, engineers, data
scientists, and hobbyists everywhere. It is a great language that can
power your applications and provide great speed, safety, and
scalability. It can be used for simple scripting or sophisticated web
applications. By exposing Python as a series of simple recipes, this
book gives you insight into specific language features in a particular
context. Having a tangible context helps make the language or a given
standard library feature easier to understand.
This book comes with 133 recipes on the latest version of Python 3.8.
The recipes will benefit everyone, from beginners just starting out with
Python to experts. You'll not only learn Python programming concepts but
also how to build complex applications.
The recipes will touch upon all necessary Python concepts related to
data structures, object oriented programming, functional programming,
and statistical programming. You will get acquainted with the nuances of
Python syntax and how to effectively take advantage of it.
By the end of this Python book, you will be equipped with knowledge of
testing, web services, configuration, and application integration tips
and tricks. You will be armed with the knowledge of how to create
applications with flexible logging, powerful configuration, command-line
options, automated unit tests, and good documentation.
What you will learn
- See the intricate details of the Python syntax and how to use it to
your advantage
- Improve your coding with Python readability through functions
- Manipulate data effectively using built-in data structures
- Get acquainted with advanced programming techniques in Python
- Equip yourself with functional and statistical programming features
- Write proper tests to be sure a program works as advertised
- Integrate application software using Python
Who this book is for
The Python book is for web developers, programmers, enterprise
programmers, engineers, and big data scientists. If you are a beginner,
this book will get you started. If you are experienced, it will expand
your knowledge base. A basic knowledge of programming would help.
