Pro Python

by Marty Alchin

Overview

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 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 will develop your programming techniques and approaches, which will help make you a better Python programmer. Not only will this book help your code, it will also help you understand and interact with the many established Python communities, or even start your own.

• Take your Python knowledge and coding skills to the next level.
• Write clean, innovative code that will be respected among your peers.
• Make your code do more with introspection and metaprogramming.
• Design complete frameworks and libraries (two are included in the book!).

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430227571
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	06/15/2010
Series:	Expert's Voice in Open Source
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Principles and Philosophy.- Advanced Basics.- Functions.- Classes.- Common Prools.- Object Management.- Strings.- Documentation.- Testing.- Distribution.- Sheets: A CSV Framework.- Style Guide for Python.- Voting Guidelines.- The Zen of Python.- Docstring Conventions.- Backwards Compatibility Policy.- Python 3000.- Python Language Moratorium.