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Pro Python

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  • You've learned the basics of Python, but how do you take your skills to the next stage?
  • Pro Python, Second Edition explores concepts and features normally left to experimentation, allowing you to be even more productive and creative.

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxix
  2. Principles and Philosophy

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 1-18
  3. Advanced Basics

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 19-58
  4. Functions

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 59-114
  5. Classes

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 115-160
  6. Common Protocols

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 161-188
  7. Object Management

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 189-212
  8. Strings

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 213-232
  9. Documentation

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 233-242
  10. Testing

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 243-258
  11. Distribution

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 259-268
  12. Sheets: A CSV Framework

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 269-316
  13. Style Guide for Python

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 317-330
  14. Voting Guidelines

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 331-332
  15. The Zen of Python

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 333-334
  16. Docstring Conventions

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 335-340
  17. Backward Compatibility Policy

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 341-342
  18. Python 3000

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 343-346
  19. Python Language Moratorium

    • J. Burton Browning, Marty Alchin
    Pages 347-350
  20. Back Matter

    Pages 1-1

About this book

You’ve learned the basics of Python, but how do you take your skills to the next stage? Even if you know enough to be productive, there are a number of features that can take you to the next level in Python. Pro Python, Second Edition explores concepts and features normally left to experimentation, allowing you to be even more productive and creative.

In addition to pure code concerns, Pro Python develops your programming techniques and approaches, which will help make you a better Python programmer. This book will improve not only your code but also your understanding and interaction with the many established Python communities.

This book takes your Python knowledge and coding skills to the next level. It shows you how to write clean, innovative code that will be respected by your peers. With this book, make your code do more with introspection and meta-programming. And learn and later use the nuts and bolts of an application, tier-by-tier as a complex case study along the way.

For more information, including a link to the source code referenced in the book, please visit http://propython.com/.

About the authors

By day, Marty Alchin works as a senior software engineer at Heroku, and after that, he writes and codes for fun and community. His blog can be found at http://martyalchin.com/ and he has profiles on many other services under the name Gulopine. In particular, his code can be found on GitHub and his random thoughts are on Twitter. He also accepts tips for his open source work at https://gittip.com/gulopine.

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